People (some/many) believe what they read. Some CEOs in some corners of the planet will rush to their CIO and tell them "I don't know what this mp3 is but lets switch to aac A-S-A-P!!!". Then the poor CTO (if he/she has a technical background) will have to take 15mins to explain to the CEO that "mp3 is not dead, the patent is gone so not it's absolutely free, while for aac we'll have to be paying ABC amount for our XYZ product/service".
I guess the current aac patent holders are smiling now :)
I guess the current aac patent holders are smiling now :)
Confuse & conquer!!!