[APML] Jpeg standards

["Joseph O'Neil" <joneil@multiboard.com>]

	Maybe a bit off topic, but interesting rticle as we all use Jpeg (amoung 
other file formats):
http://www.theregus.com/content/4/25711.html

	In short, for those of you not wanting to read the article, a company in 
Texas  that  says they now hold the patent on Jpeg image ompression is now 
launching lawsuits claiming royaltiy rights on anyone using 
Jpegs.  Therefore, the ISO is planning on dumping the Jpeg as a 'standard."

	I have been following this story for a couple months now, but it does not 
seem to be going away, indeed, there's a bit of steam picking up on it.  To 
me, one of the darker sides of the digital revolution is all new file 
compression formats are being patented, so it is becomming harder and 
harder to come out with universal standards in any new file format.  At the 
rate things are going, we'll be uing Tiff and Gif for the next couple 
centuries.  :)
	
joe




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