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software. For your reference, a copy of the Software Privacy Policy is located at
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ACID is not intended and should not be used for illegal or infringing purposes, such as the illegal copying or sharing of
copyrighted materials. Using ACID for such purposes is, among other things, against United States and international
copyright laws and contrary to the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement. Such activity may be
punishable by law and may also subject you to the breach remedies set forth in the End User License Agreement.
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Thomson Fraunhofer MP3
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Microsoft DirectX programming interface
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Microsoft Windows Media 9
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Real, RealMedia, RealAudio, and RealVideo applications
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MPEGLA and MPEG 2
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Manufactured under license from MPEG-LA.
Dolby, Dolby Digital AC-3, and AAC encoding
This product contains one or more programs protected under international and U.S. copyright laws as unpublished works. They are
confidential and proprietary to Dolby Laboratories. Their reproduction or disclosure, in whole or in part, or the production of derivative
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rights reserved.
Dolby®, the double-D symbol, AC-3®, and Dolby Digital® are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. AAC™ is a trademark of Dolby
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PNG file format
Copyright © 2006. World Wide Web Consortium (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for Informatics
and Mathematics, Keio University). All rights reserved. This work is distributed under the W3C Software License in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231.
Apple QuickTime
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Apple Macintosh Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) file format.
Apple® Macintosh® Audio Interchange™ File Format (AIFF) is a trademark of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Targa file format
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Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
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