5 May
2011
5 May
'11
3:50 p.m.
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