MP3 alternatives

According to this MP3 law suites,

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All other MP3 manufacturers and users, including Microsoft, Apple Computers, are likely to be hit by the Alcatel-Lucent law suits.

Is there any other MP3 chip set that can avoid this law suit?

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** AFAIK - the suit is not over use of the MP3 compression format as such.
** MP3 is done in software in a PC.

Only MP3 decoding is a defined standard.

An MP3 encoder is open to creative (software) design.

....... Phil

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A few of the "pods" support the format, so I gather there is a chip that can be used to support it.

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The link you referenced does not support your statements.

What chip set? All other mp3 manufacturers and users?

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How? Isn't MP3 an algorithm and thus unpatentable?

Anyone for OGG?

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Homer J Simpson

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