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		ethank on Oct 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Lossless Audio Codec is now open source (Apa... Sorry: USE aac. AAC has no patent for streaming or distribution. When we did direct-to-consumer digital sales this is why I used this rather than Mp3, and ALAC for lossless over FLAC because of the support issue. AAC does have a patent fee for codec usage (i.e., devices).

djeikyb on Oct 28, 2011 [–]

Nitpick: AAC (right now) has no patent fee for streaming or distribution. What's to stop them from levying such a fee in the future?

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