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RE: Allow me to introduce myself...

There is a good long term reason why .ogg: MP3 isn’t free.  For eons Fraunhofer has very openly “licensed” MP3 compression and playback technology, but they do so at a cost, and the source code for the central algorithms is patented.  In addition, Alcatel-Lucent has started to assert their mutual rights to this original patent that they helped with, to the tune of a 1.35 BILLION dollar lawsuit which they just WON against Microsoft.  Certainly this will go to appeal, but in general it’s now clear that given the value of this format, inventors are seeking to cash in.

 

Ogg Vorbis (the full name of the compression technology used to create .ogg audio files) is open source and patent free. Free = Good.

 

That being said, .ogg is only playable on a tiny range of hardware and software, and no company has a financial incentive to add .ogg to the files they handle, there’s no royalties or business deals or $$$ with .ogg unless zillions of consumers demand support for it.  Sucks.

-Miles

 

From: Richard Sales [mailto:richard@glasswing.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:12 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Allow me to introduce myself...

 

Well... why .ogg? MP3 or MP4s are more accessible. Never ran into .ogg before!

Could that explain the inaccessibility of your work?

richard sales
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On 7-Mar-07, at 5:09 PM, rabbirabbifive wrote:

Hi all, I have been looping for about 2 years now, 1st with an EDP,
then with a Looperlative, and now with Mobius. I make music that most
people don't get. [:-(] But I keep doing it [:-)] I recently finished
a tribute to Robert Anton Wilson. The tracks (ogg files) are here-

http://www.esnips.com/web/13thEye

Please feel free to comment, privately or publicly.

And now a question- I am only a little bothered by the (seeming?)
inaccessability of my music. Should I be more bothered? Not an easy
question, but one meant to provoke reflection.

-rabbi





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