CatBus;147877 Wrote: > If, for example, Logitech negotiates licensing terms for the WMA codec > that charges them per codec supported by the device, then it is in > their finincial interests to reduce the number of supported codecs as > much as possible. I have no idea if such terms exist, but it would be > not unlike the licensing terms for OEMs that charges them per unit > shipped, regardless of the MS software on the unit (which works as an > incentive not to ship non-MS software). I bet you that terms like this probably do not exist in written format, but that they do exist. And this is a big worry. I am certain that it would be easier to aquire a license for Apple/MS stuff if you did not accommodate the opposition (open source and free flac etc). Out local newspaper the Evening Argus (known coloquially as the Evening Anus), a US owned Gannet publication, informs newsagents that if they stock rival start up papers (the independant Brighton News being the case in point) they will not be supplied with the Argus. This is not writtent down anywhere, but it happens. As for SqueezeNetwork... I really would not get too attached to this. It's almost inevitable that it will disappear or not change at all. It doesn't make any money and it's not generally a reason anyone buys a Squeezebox.
As for not being able to buy a CD... who tf cares? There are loads of bittorrent sites you can download lossless CDs from for free. And I do not care one s*** about whether I do this as I have almost inevitably bought that same album already in a now redundant format (i.e. vinyl or CD) and, as far as I am concerned, paid for the music, not the format. I have been ripped off by the music industry for years (i.e. had to buy the same music on CD, only to find it sounds flat and crap compared to my original, and now degraded vinyl). I am not going to be ripped off by record companies or hardware vendors anymore. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Squeezebox3 (linear PSU) > Benchmark Dac1 > Naim NAC 82 > Naim NAP 250 > Shahinian Arcs. Plus other irrelevant, superfluous and annoying black boxes. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
