September 29, 2004 12:04 PM PDT

MP3 creator warns tech impasse dooming downloads

Karlheinz Brandenburg says rival technologies that baffle consumers will run companies out of business in the nascent market.

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Boo Hoo
Fraunhofer spent millions of dollars lobying for patents on beneficial technology. And now they won't use it?!?
Whaaa.

The corporate software clearly does not have enough insight into culture and technology to make the moves that would keep them afloat, so they have to beg for others to put up with them. And when begging fails, they foretell doom.
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