On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 05:44:40PM +0200, Gabriel Bouvigne wrote:
> Monty wrote:
>
> >If you use the encoder, you must have purchased a patent license
> >"period". Of course, MPEG isn;t going to concern itself with
> >individuals. If you do it in the name of NPR, you really really need
> >to have a real license :-)
>
> Sorry Monty, but if someone is using an encoder for the sole purpose of
> creating some streams, he/she doesn't have to acquire a license.
> The DISTRIBUTOR of the encoder should obtain the license, but not the
> end-user.
>
> Otherwise every MusicMatch user should acquire a license...
Music Match comes with a legit license for the encoder in MusicMatch.
MusicMatch eats the cost of the fees (given that they're owned by FhG,
they likely don't pay anything).
...but Real, even for their free playback, is eating a fee per player;
that license transfers to the user and Real pays a bill. Same for any
encoder, even a free one. Somebody is paying, even if it's not the user.
Monty
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