[LAU] Pipe not working - or is it lame or oggdec

[Daniel Worth]

>
> AI think the point is not who owns the content, but who owns the mp3 format
> - have you paid them for the right to encode into 'their' mp3? Some claim
> you must, as they claim to own patents on parts of the process of such
> encoding. Some jurisdictions support this claim, others don't.
>

The point would be that they only enforce the license agreement if you make
more than $100,000 in income from the encoded format per year. So while yes,
it's not a patent free codec, he is within his rights under the DMCA
requirements and the patent licensing terms for MP3. I just wanted to
clarify a common misconception with MP3.

Daniel Worth
Host
The Open Source Musician Podcast
http://opensourcemusician.com
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