From: Mike '/m' 

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:55:41 -0400, "Frank Haber"
 wrote:

>All I remember is a minor flap several years ago.  MP3Pro was licensed, and
>had to be paid for.  The free-software folks got their shorts in a twist.
>Then Fraunhofer started charging for encoders.  Then everyone started
>embracing DRM.
>
>How naive we were.
>
>(But I never heard anyone say Pro was worth anyone's attention.  I think even
>ogg creamed it, for free.)

At this point, I am looking at 320kbps MP3 and lossless FLAC (possibly
APE).  Most everything else I view as DRM'd noise.  But others may have
different requirements....

 /m

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