tyler_durden wrote: > This affects .mp3 files. Wouldn't it be strange if it turned out that > .mp3 file use gets essentially sued out of existence for commercial > use? Of course, it would still be used by people like us, as long as > there are free software players to play it, and old mp3 player hardware > around to play them, but new, tiny portable players that play mp3 might > disappear. >
AFAIK only encoders are forced to pay a license fee, players (decoders) are apparently left alone. Apparently that's the reason binaries of LAME are somewhat hard to come by. > What does that leave us with? Apple's proprietary DRM'd formats, > Windows proprietary DRM'd formats, etc. > Shudder. > It will be the best thing that ever happened to M$ (and apple) if mp3 > gets killed in the courts. > It's not in the interest of the patent holder to kill the format. This type of thing has been going on for a long time and mp3 is still very much alive. > If anyone wants to listen to recorded music, they'll have to buy a > player from M$ or apple, and they'll have to buy all their music from > M$ and apple, too. Thank goodness we have ogg and flac and even wav ;) Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
