[linux-audio-user] libsndfile - ogg, mp3
Dave Phillips
dlphillips at woh.rr.com
Thu Dec 1 05:38:26 EST 2005
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>Dave Phillips wrote:
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>>Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
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>>>I've heard that Thompson has attempted to collect license fees from
>>>people distributing a software decoder.
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>>I'd like verification on that story. My understanding is that
>>Frauenhofer has gone after only the encoders, not the decoders.
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>This does it for me:
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> http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
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>Erik
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Thanks, Erik, that does it for me too, at least in the letter terms of
the law. Whether Thomson or Frauenhofer actually pursue the decoders
isn't really the point. It's that they *can* if they so desire, putting
the decoder in a dependent and shaky position.
Nevertheless, I get the impression that importing MP3s into editors,
HDRs, and so on, is standard procedure for Windows users. Is that correct ?
Best,
dp
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