Fwd: [Wikivideo-l] Audio derivatives, turning on MP3/AAC & mobile app feature request.

[Jeremy Baron]

We could send a delegation!

Can discuss tonight but apparently registration must be done before tonight?

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From: Jeremy Baron <jer...@tuxmachine.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikivideo-l] Audio derivatives, turning on MP3/AAC &
mobile app feature request.
To: "Opportunities for video in the Wikimedia universe, tech help"
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Cc: Wikimedia Developers <wikit...@lists.wikimedia.org>


On 2/1/13 12:10 PM, Michael Dale wrote:
> The software patent situation for mp3 is sad, considering how long the mp3
> format has been around:
>
> http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/
[...]
> But fundamentally Wikimedia is not "distributing" these encoders and there
> are no royalties for media distribution. Likewise we are not shipping
> decoders (the decoders are in browser or the mobile OS )

The USPTO is holding a comment period and a couple meetings on
software patents. The meetings are both 9am – noon local time. Both
require an RSVP by email by this Monday the 4th.

Stanford ("Silicon Valley") is
Tuesday 2013-02-12
Stanford University
Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA

NYC ("New York City") is
Wednesday 2013-02-27
New York University
Henry Kaufman Management Center
Faculty Lounge
Room 11-185
44 West 4th St.
New York, NY 10012

http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20130104012214868

-Jeremy