Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:09:41 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: mark MP3 encoders, editors, and players RESTRICTED Message-ID: <200208291809.41938.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <20020829133510.5eed415d.Alexander@Leidinger.net> References: <20020828014959.G90781-100000@blues.jpj.net> <20020829133510.5eed415d.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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Distribution list is getting way out of hand. Not sure that is even proper to send to both ports and multimedia. On Thursday 29 August 2002 06:35 am, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > "Statement from Thomson Multimedia, mp3 Licensing > > In a posting appearing Tuesday August 27, 2002 on the Web site > 'slashdot.org', an individual cited a change in the mp3 license fee > structure of Thomson and Fraunhofer. The writer of the post > apparently misread the mp3 licensing conditions, as Thomson's mp3 > licensing policy has not experienced any change. > > To clarify, since the beginning of our mp3 licensing program in 1995, > Thomson has never charged a per unit royalty for freely distributed > software decoders. For commercially sold decoders -- primarily > hardware mp3 players -- the per-unit royalty has always been in place > since the beginning of the program. Therefore, there is no change in > our licensing policy and we continue to believe that the royalty fees > of .75 cents per mp3 player (on average selling over $200 dollars) > has no measurable impact on the consumer experience." > > Taken from http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/vza-29.08.02-000/ You mean all this fuss is over three-quarters of one cent royalty payments on a $200 hardware item? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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