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MP3 'died' and nobody noticed: Key patents expire on golden oldie tech

DropBear
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Considering that among other preciousssssss "intellectual property", patents are apparently one of the few main pillars of Human Civilisation as we know it, I fully expect poor, poor Fraunhofer - now cruelly robbed of its vital essence - to speedily go bust, cats and dogs living in harmony, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse etc.

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