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The JPEG patent vs FM patent

The JPEG patent vs FM patent

Posted May 1, 2004 0:07 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: The JPEG patent by icculus_98
Parent article: The JPEG patent

I don't follow. I agree that a patent for Frequency Modulation of Microphone Acquired Signals is analogous to a patent on DCT for picture compression (i.e. JPEG), but what argument does that make? Such an FM patent is not ridiculous in any way (assuming you mean it was issued before FM radio was public knowledge, as the JPEG patent was allegedly issued before DCT compression of pictures was public knowledge).


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