It might be time to say goodbye to the MP3 - so let's look back at its life
Found on BBC Nws on Tuesday, 16 May 2017
The Fraunhofer Institute says it has "terminated" its licensing programme with Technicolor because its patents are expiring.
The supposed "death" of the MP3 won't have much of an impact because of streaming and most new portable players now use different formats anyway.
It's not dead, and it won't be dead for many more years. The patents simply expired, what means that everybody can now implement the MP3 codec. While it's true that newer codecs can deliver better quality at a lower bandwidth, the widespread support of MP3 will keep it alive for a long time.