[M4IF News] MPEG-4 Audio Licensing begins

[Rob Koenen (M4IF)]

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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Rob Koenen (M4IF) [mailto:rob.koenen   m4if.org] 
> Sent:	Friday, June 06, 2023 11:16
> To:	'M4IF news'
> Subject:	MPEG-4 Audio Licensing begins
> 
> M4IF News Readers,
> 
> The news that MPEG-4 Audio licensing has begun was just released on the
> news wire.
> 
> I think this is great news for MPEG-4 Audio, which includes MPEG-4 AAC. I
> hope - and expect - that this will enable deployment of many interoperable
> services and devices with great audio quality. 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Rob Koenen
> President, M4IF
> 
> 
> ( BW)(CA-VIA-LICENSING) MPEG-4 Audio Licensing Begins; MPEG-4 Audio Patent
> Licenses Now Available from via Licensing Corporation
> 
> 
>     Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
> 
>     SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2003--Via Licensing
> Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of MPEG-4 Audio patent
> licenses. The MPEG-4 Audio patent license program provides streamlined
> access to a set of essential MPEG-4 Audio patents from multiple parties,
> under reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms. An MPEG-4 Audio patent
> license is needed by companies that build and/or sell end-user products
> incorporating MPEG-4 audio technologies.
>     "The commencement of MPEG-4 Audio licensing is the result of
> unprecedented cooperation among a set of international consumer
> electronics, telecommunications, and research organizations," said Ramzi
> Haidamus, general manager of Via Licensing Corporation. "This is a very
> significant milestone, and we are excited to be offering a license that
> will enable the widespread deployment of an important open standard such
> as MPEG-4 Audio."
>     For additional information about the licensing terms for MPEG-4 Audio,
> or to request a sample patent license agreement, please visit the Via
> Licensing website at www.vialicensing.com.
> 
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