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11. Copyright and Acknowledgements
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The Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plug-in was developed by the design team at Sonnox, in
collaboration with Fraunhofer IIS.
The Audio Coding software contained in the Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plug-in was
developed and provided by Fraunhofer IIS of Erlangen, Germany.
Trademarks and content copyright © 2007-Present Sonnox Ltd. All rights reserved.
Fraunhofer IIS and related logos are registered trademarks.
Apple AAC, iTunes, iTunes Plus and Mastered for iTunes are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Apple Inc.
DIGIDESIGN, AVID, and PRO TOOLS are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Digidesign and / or Avid Technology, Inc.
VST is a Trademark of Steinberg AG.
All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
These products are protected by several patents either active or pending in the UK, the EU
and the USA.
This product is manufactured and supplied by Sonnox Ltd.
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11.1 Commercial Use of mp3 Content
It is important to distinguish between the use of codecs and the use of content produced by
the codecs. It is therefore important to note that any mp3 royalty fees are independent of
which encoder is used to produce the mp3 file content. If royalty fees are due for a particular
project or enterprise, they will be due irrespective of whether the Pro-Codec is used or some
alternative encoder is used. There is no circumstance where using the Sonnox Fraunhofer
Pro-Codec will increase licence fees or require additional fees of any sort.
Both the mp3 and AAC compression routines are based on technology that is patented. At
present no royalties are required for AAC codec usage, and private or non-commercial use of
mp3 content does not require royalty fees.