MPEG LA Patent pool administrator for the MPEG-4 Systems part of the standard including the MP4 file format. http://www.mpegla.com/m4s/ Mpegla.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Digital Radio Mondiale DRM is a world-wide initiative to use analog AM radio for digital sound and services implementing aacPlus at very low bitrates, often mixed up with Digital Rights Management for copy protection. http://www.drm.org/ Drm.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Audio Research Labs ARL is a commercial laboratory involved in subjective quality assessment methods like preparing and analyzing codec comparisons for 3GPP. http://www.audioresearchlabs.com/ Audioresearchlabs.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Mobiledia Reviews, articles and forum discussions about cell phones capable of AAC/MP4/3GP playback (also called "iTunes" format sometimes, use the site search). http://www.mobiledia.com/ Mobiledia.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
EE Times "Meeting MPEG-4 advanced audio coding requirements", knowledgeable article summarizing the most important properties of AAC for hardware playback. http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20011218S0048/ Eet.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
ISO/IEC Publicly available standards from the International Organization for Standardization including MPEG-4 with 14496-5 containing the Audio, Visual and Systems parts. http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ Iso.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check