Vorbis - Apr 2001 - Dolby Begins Licensing AAC Consumer Encoder Implementation

Well, in the world of audio compression it's never boring... :-)

Full press release from Dolby:
http://www.aac-audio.com/press/aac.pr.0104.AACencoder.html

My comments:
Looks like Dolby will start licensing AAC encoder that
targets consumers and the products they use like CD
rippers, jukebox players, etc. Also, it looks like that
this encoder will be Low Complexity AAC ("The AAC
Consumer Encoder is designed to achieve high-quality
audio with maximum encode speed.").
DRM is included as well: "These next-generation products
will include digital rights management technologies to enable
new business models and increase distribution security."
It seems that Dolby is also pushing AAC as the MP3
successor: "Due to its remarkable ability to eliminate
over 90 percent of the original audio signal without noticeable
differences or distracting artifacts, AAC is widely regarded as
the successor technology to MP3."
The only thing that remains open is interoperability... if it
isn't solved (if each implementation is different), then all
we have is another Liquid Audio crap...

Aleksandar
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