Once upon a time, Eric S. Raymond <esr(a)thyrsus.com> said:
I did quite a bit of web research before making my statement. If
Fraunhofer has made claims on decoders, this fact is unknown (or not
disclosed) by any of the major decoder implementors.
20 seconds and Wikipedia found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3#Licensing_and_patent_issues
and
http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/index.html
Under "PC Software Applications":
mp3 - Decoder - US $0.75 per unit or US $50000 - US $60000 one-time paid up
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.