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Fraunhofer Institute Integrierte Schaltungen Research Center began researching high-quality, low bit-rate audio coding.
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MPEG was estabilished as a subcommittee of the ISO/IEC.
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Mp3 Patent Fraunhofer recieved a German patent for Mp3 players.
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All developers of MP3 encoders or rippers and decoders/players now have to pay a licensing fee to Fraunhofer.
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First Mp3 Player The first Mp3 player was invented April 18, 1993 by the South Korean company SaeHan Information Systems.
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The United States of America issued a patent for the Mp3 player.
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Flashdrive Music Subpop is the first to distribute music tracks in the Mp3 format.
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iTunes Sales iTunes had their biggest sales day ever in the year 2007 thanks in part to people downloading music onto their Mp3s.
