Patents on MP3 due to expire.

http://hackaday.com/2017/05/14/patents-on-mp3-format-due-to-expire/

Maybe this means we’ll be seeing more MP3 encoders integrated into software?

I also wonder if someone might now be able to improve on it. Make a better encoder that is still MP3 compatible.

You would think after 20+ years there would be some major improvements. Remember in the mid 90s when MP3s used quite a bit of your computers processing power?

I also wonder if someone might now be able to improve on it. Make a better encoder that is still MP3 compatible.