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Old 05-20-2010, 03:05 AM   #728
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Originally Posted by Silock View Post
That's not proprietary, though. Proprietary means that you don't have access to it if you don't own it, and that's just not the case.

Is MP3 proprietary?
Again, you are misunderstanding what proprietary means. Proprietary simply means it is owned and controlled by somone. Think of it as the opposite of public domain. And yes, MP3 is a proprietary format... Ogg Vorbis is not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_f...ietary_formats


Here is a broader article showing other file formats...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_format
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