> > > > Am I missreading? MPEG decoding is in mame? > > > > > > No, I totally faked that video. > > > > > > Layers 1 and 2 fell out of patent in mid-2008. MP3 and MPEG4 (the ones you care > > > about) don't until 2027. > > > > MP3 patents expire by 2017. > > Nope. Microsoft lost their suit against Fraunhofer, which extended them.
Patents last for a fixed length of time they don't extended.