On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:41:33AM -0700, Ferdinand Schmid wrote: > Frauenhofer owns the patent to MP3, which is as much a monopoly as M$ > patents (I would love to see an IPod play ogg-vorbis songs). See my > point ;) ??? I think they sold the rights long ago (and probably are mad by now because they sold'em way too cheap :-/ ) RalfD