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by clouddrover 3621 days ago
Opus has always been better than MP3. Another big benefit of Opus over AAC and MP3 is that Opus is royalty-free for all uses whereas AAC and MP3 require the payment of patent licensing fees.
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theandrewbailey 3621 days ago
The last of the US patents covering MP3 should expire next year.

http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/

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