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Re: ::scr Ramblings of a Classic Refugee or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love OS X
David Cantrell wrote:
> Yes, some people may remember me having this wonderful idea of distributing
> music from unsigned bands online using the wonderful mp2 format (no, that
> isn't a typo). That was in [thinks] 1995. mp3.com started just over a
> year after I tested the idea with a couple of friends' bands. I actually
> considered patenting the idea, but decided not to because it was too
> obvious. I was insufficiently cynical and believed that patent inspectors
> would actually care about the bit about how patents should not be obvious
> to anyone already conversant with the field.
I think IUMA were already doing this in 1995.
Isn't it AWESOME when you find someone else thinking along your lines
;-)
paul
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