Re: Regarding MP3 support

From: Maxim Eremeev (maxim_eremeev_at_umail.ru)
Date: 01/28/05

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    Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:

    > Temlakos wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> If I might be so bold: the problem might be that he is /acquiring/ MP3
    >> files from servers that won't release them as Ogg/Vorbis. It's all
    >> very well for us to decide to rip our audio CD's to Ogg/Vorbis instead
    >> of MP3. But that doesn't help the user who acquires MP3's that are
    >> distributed by certain multimedia Webmasters who, AFAIK, are the
    >> original owners or have themselves acquired full distribution rights.
    >> An example would be the excellent recording of the Soviet Army Chorus
    >> singing the Hymn to the Soviet Union, available on the Web site
    >> dedicated to that song's history.
    >
    >
    > Or he bought them from one of the online stores. $1 per song.
    >
    >> That said, I solved the problem by downloading the RealOne Player for
    >> Linux. It will play MP3's without a problem, and Real Media charges
    >> nothing. Evidently they have a long-standing MP3 license, and their
    >> business model allows them to distribute, free-of-charge, a player
    >> that supports MP3, even on an open-source platform like Linux.
    >
    >
    > More likely they simply paid flat fee of $50,000 - $60,000 for
    > unlimited decoder license for the base (free) version of Real player,
    > and are paying $2.50 - $5.00 for each copy of pro (or gold, or
    > whatever they call it now) version they sell. While commercial
    > company can probably afford spending $50-60k for license for something
    > they are giving for free, most open source developers can't. Wich
    > puts them in inferior position. Something legislators hasn't
    > envisioned would happen.

    Pretty sure they envisioned it all right ;)

    > If they was, they probably wouldn't allow for software patents, or
    > there would be some limitations on their applicability (believe it or
    > not, patent law is about giving inscentive for research and
    > development of any kind, so that society as hole can benefit from it,
    > not about companies making big money).

    And what is the lobbies for? ;))

    > That's where the big fuss in Europe is about right know. While
    > Americans had allowed software patents before it was clear that it was
    > mistake, Europeans are now in position to see that not having software
    > patents actually returns greater value to the society at the end
    > (well, except for pattent office, that probably only thinks about all
    > the money they can make on patent applications which are rather
    > expensive over there).
    >
    Basically, who cares about "the society"? 

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