Comment Apple does NOT own AAC!! (Score 1) 975
AAC is an international standard owned by MPEG - the NATURAL successor to MPEG-3. I believe ANY music store can use it, as long as it pays the licensing fees..
WMA was actually developed AFTER AAC, and I imagine that Microsoft set its fees at an aggressive level to attract other stores. Of course, there's no way Apple would choose to pay them anyway!
Bottom line is.. as far as I know, there's no reason other music players don't support AAC except economics(MS support vs paying AAC licensing).
WMA was actually developed AFTER AAC, and I imagine that Microsoft set its fees at an aggressive level to attract other stores. Of course, there's no way Apple would choose to pay them anyway!
Bottom line is.. as far as I know, there's no reason other music players don't support AAC except economics(MS support vs paying AAC licensing).
