[Ti] Dual Layer cable for Powerbook G4 400

[Chris Olson]

On Dec 13, 2005, at 11:58 PM, themacuser wrote:

> Yep, I've heard that one too. I'd say it's true.

But it's not.  If it were true, then LaCie would have to have an  
MPEG-2 license for every DVD burner sold, and it would still be legal  
anyway regardless of whether or not you used iDVD to burn the disc  
because LaCie would have to pay the royalty.  But that's not the way  
it works.   A DVD burner doesn't have a hardware MPEG-2 encoder in  
it, so no license is necessary to sell it.  The MPEG-2 license is for  
an encoder/decoder, and on a computer that's done in software.
-- 
Chris

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