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Patent battles over MP3 format
File formats in the news... from the NYTimes, Patent Fights Are a Legacy of MP3's Tangled Origins - New York Times
Microsoft says it was doing the right thing: paying a German rights holder $16 million to license the MP3 audio format, the foundation of the digital music boom. Then an American jury ruled that Microsoft had failed to pay another MP3 patent holder, and slapped it with a $1.52 billion judgment.
See also: MP3 Patents in Upheaval After Verdict (February 23, 2007, The New York Times)
