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

[Simon Wise]

On 05/05/11 21:16, Paul Davis wrote:
> the band simply contracts with a third party, e.g. their friend doris,
> who charges $1.50 to convert PCM data into MP3 data, up to 1 hour's
> worth. doris makes $65 a year from this work, and her total annual
> income is about $50k. problem solved.

Which, if valid, simply exposes the absurd charade that underlies this all - 
above 'solution' would mean no company which has a suitable employee earning 
under $100,000 who could be put on a contract instead need ever abide by the 
license conditions, just put whoever could actually click the encode button on a 
contract for their normal duties, including explicitly the mp3 delivery, then do 
whatever you want with the resulting mp3s and ignore the rest of the license.

But maybe a closer look at the license would reveal that this does not get you 
out of it. Otherwise a lot of money has been wasted on the lawyers who drew up 
the almost useless document.


Simon