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Do I need a licence to use JPEG (.JPG) file format commercially?
Subject:Do I need a licence to use JPEG (.JPG) file format commercially? From:"Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- ISA -dot- DKNET -dot- DK> Date:Thu, 2 Apr 1998 09:20:56 +1
Hi,
I'm currently writing an interactive multimedia "manual" in Visual
Basic. The manual will include some photos, and I would like to use
the JPG format. But my client has told me, that they are afraid that
distributing a commercial product which includes JPG files will need
some permission/licence from somebody, somewhere.
I doubt it because of the widespread (illegal/unlicenced?) use of JPG
files on the Internet, but I need to know if there is something about
it or not!
Could somebody, please, enlighten me on this subject?
Greetings from Denmark
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
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