On Sun, 2006-12-24 at 14:35 -0500, James Knott wrote: > Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-12-24 at 10:49 -0800, Jay Smith wrote: > > > >> As for your music, it's the same problem with Ubuntu. In Dapper and > >> Edgy, you > >> have to download extra xine codecs off of their multiverse repository. > >> You can't > >> just get mp3 support out of the box. I think there is something larger > >> than > >> Microsoft and Novell going on with these formats and patents. I don't > >> think it's > >> rational to get mad at Novell over our misfortunes. It's just a Linux > >> thing, not > >> a Novell thing. > >> > > > > I could be wrong, but I thought this had to do with copyright > > infringement of unlicensed music? > > > > > Not all MP3's involve copyright infringement. There are plenty of legal > ones to play. Also as was previously ruled in a court (Betamax case?), > as long as there is legitimate use for a device, it cannot be banned > just because someone might use it illegally.
I understand that. However, I was under the impression that's why mp3's don't play out-of-box. Even though it's no big deal, I just had to update xine and amarok played no problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
