Topic: MP3 Patent Licensing

[ChrisM]

Hi Guys,

Just a query about MP3 licensing. If I were to create a piece of software that uses the BASS audio system and wanted to sell it, obviously I would pay the commercial license fee to you guys - does this fee include royalty payments to "Thomson"?

http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

I read on the above web site that you need to pay royalties to Thomson for every piece of software you sell (about $0.75 per unit with a minimum anual payment of $15,000).

Any information you can provide on this subject would be very helpful

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[Ian @ un4seen]

The BASS license fee does not include an MP3 patent license from Thomson. As you can see from their rates, the BASS fee would have to be quite a bit higher if it did

It's up to commercial users to obtain a patent license themselves, if needed.