On 12 Apr 2012, at 19:57, Martin Leese <martin.le...@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
> seva <s...@soundcurrent.com> > >> was it not true that the UK did not, or would not, help to support >> the ambisonic fledgling business due to some frustrating legal >> restriction? this was a major point in the killing of the launch. > > I assume by "the UK" you mean the UK > Government. The UK Government, through the > National Research Development Corporation, > strongly supported the development of > Ambisonics; they paid for it. While the NRDC > had strange ideas on how to market > Ambisonics, there were no legal restrictions on > them doing so. I heard that there were some effects of Thatcher era privatization efforts that directly or indirectly hurt Ambisonics... ...can't remember the details, though, except that the research had some bad luck with timing, i.e. it was ready to be marketed when the conditions for government funded research were the worst. Maybe someone can elaborate on that? Ronald _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
