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IgorC
14th April 2017, 16:17
At midnight on March 20, 2017, Dolby's last relevant patent on Dolby Digital (AC-3) expired.

Last MP3 patent expires this Sunday/Monday, April 16-17, 2017 in all countries (except Japan where the patent will be valid one more week until April 23) http://www.mp3licensing.com/patents/index.html

There is some incorrect information that MP3 patents expire on December 30, 2017. That's not correct.

:)

Midzuki
14th April 2017, 17:38
EXCELLENT news :devil: :D