MP3 'died' and nobody noticed

from The Register on 2017-05-16 11:38 (#2PMXE)

Expired Fraunhofer patents won't be renewed

The owner of the MP3 format killed it off last month - and it's taken three weeks for anyone to notice. With the last of the patents protecting the MPEG Audio Layer III expiring, the Fraunhofer Institute has declined to renew the IP and terminated its licensing programme."

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