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		tomjen3 on March 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox will support H264 and MP3 decoding with OS... Is that really such an issue? For a highly published patent like that I am sure some prior art can be found, if necessary.

streptomycin on March 12, 2012 [–]

If it were so simple, someone would have done it already. In reality, you're talking about a massively expensive legal battle with an uncertain outcome.

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