04/10/02 13:39:57, Mark Veltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>What is so strange ? MP3 is a COPYRIGHTED format. A german research 
>institution holds the copy right and has started to sue companies who 
>distribute mp3 players without paying them royalties (since they can't sue 
>the users themselves since there aren't enough lawyers for that. Maybe if we 
>all sue ourselves in a civilian court and pay ourself the representation 
>fees...).
>
>Move to Ogg Vorbis and be happy and patent free...
>
>MP3 is the GIF of audio... It will be remmembered as a small distraction on 
>the high road to enlightenment...:)
>

Well I kindly disagree that mp3 will be forgotten easily. It's so popular, and for
a good reason!
Just like jpeg.

Forget it, I doubt it'll happen. At the end I think untill a much better format comes
around, mp3 will rule, regardless.

Eli


"There's so many different worlds
 So many different suns
 And we have just one world
 But we live in different ones.."
 
 - Dire Straits - "Brothers in Arms"




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