Comments on: Are MP3′s Illegal? (Fact? Hype? You be the judge!) http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/are-mp3s-illegal-fact-hype-you-be-the-judge/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:36:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Come and Get Me http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/are-mp3s-illegal-fact-hype-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Come and Get Me Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:08:13 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=47#comment-427 A little french company called Thomson.. Sorry to break the news to you but they own: -RCA -Technicolor -Thomson I'm a little more aware because I used to work for subsidiary. If you buy a RCA TV you may notice that remotes come with Thomson batteries.. More details:http://www.thomson.net/EN/Home/Group/OurBrands/ As well as being a top European TV brand, actually at one time a cheaper brand. Here'd tell of people saying kinds that ride what we call the "short bus" here in the us ride the "thomson bus" I wouldn't sweat the deal,they can't enforce everyone should you happen to accidentally encode in their format. They'll have better chance tracking down the software makers.. Anyway, I'll paythem what I owe them after they collect royalties for all the .gif images I created in the last 15 years.. http://cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html A little french company called Thomson..
Sorry to break the news to you but they own:
-RCA
-Technicolor
-Thomson

I’m a little more aware because I used to work for subsidiary. If you buy a RCA TV you may notice that remotes come with Thomson batteries..

More details:http://www.thomson.net/EN/Home/Group/OurBrands/

As well as being a top European TV brand, actually at one time a cheaper brand. Here’d tell of people saying kinds that ride what we call the “short bus” here in the us ride the “thomson bus”

I wouldn’t sweat the deal,they can’t enforce everyone should you happen to accidentally encode in their format. They’ll have better chance tracking down the software makers..

Anyway, I’ll paythem what I owe them after they collect royalties for all the .gif images I created in the last 15 years..
http://cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html

]]> By: Jason Cain http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/are-mp3s-illegal-fact-hype-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Jason Cain Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:27:31 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=47#comment-426 Aloha Michel! >> Jason, that's why I prefer "Quebecker" rather than "French Canadian." ... Gotta love 'em Hawai'ians. :) > So the million-dollar question is, does Thomson/Faunhofer care about small fries? << I agree, they probably don't. And as prolific as MP3s are, I think they would have a hard time in court. They would probably go after encoder companies, and the like. Aloha, Jason Aloha Michel!

>> Jason, that’s why I prefer “Quebecker” rather than “French Canadian.” … Gotta love ‘em Hawai’ians. :) > So the million-dollar question is, does Thomson/Faunhofer care about small fries? <<

I agree, they probably don’t. And as prolific as MP3s are, I think they would have a hard time in court. They would probably go after encoder companies, and the like.

Aloha,

Jason

]]> By: Adrian Cooper http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/are-mp3s-illegal-fact-hype-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Adrian Cooper Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:39:03 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=47#comment-425 Hi Jim, The fact is, it is possible to create MP3 files using the open source "LAME" encoder. LAME MP3's are exactly the same quality and compatibility as the so called "commercial" standard but not subject to any licenses etc.. See: http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.html I would therefore suggest that any product you use to create MP3 files uses the LAME encoder. Best regards, Adrian. Hi Jim,

The fact is, it is possible to create MP3 files using the open source “LAME” encoder. LAME MP3′s are exactly the same quality and compatibility as the so called “commercial” standard but not subject to any licenses etc..

See:

http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.html

I would therefore suggest that any product you use to create MP3 files uses the LAME encoder.

Best regards,

Adrian.

]]> By: Michel Fortin http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/are-mp3s-illegal-fact-hype-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Michel Fortin Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:13:49 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=47#comment-424 This is great information, Jim. My blog post addresses one point, which is the idea that any time some company decides to patent some (now popularized) technology, the scare is on. And that large companies will muscle out the patent threats with legal weight or the creation of some new competing technology. (According to one of my members, Mac/Apple, the makers of iPod and iTunes and currently riding the recent Tsunami caused by the Podcasting craze, have started to integrate MP4 in their software.) A few things Jim also made clear is that the MP# licensing site and its licensing information is old. So this is not new information. My friend Armand Morin, and a few other big marketers, tried desperately to find any lawsuits or public information on the MP3 industry crackdown ... to no avail. So the million-dollar question is, does Thomson/Faunhofer care about small fries? Even over $100,000 in gross revenue? My opinion is, simply, they don't. Jason, that's why I prefer "Quebecker" rather than "French Canadian." ... Gotta love 'em Hawai'ians. :) This is great information, Jim. My blog post addresses one point, which is the idea that any time some company decides to patent some (now popularized) technology, the scare is on. And that large companies will muscle out the patent threats with legal weight or the creation of some new competing technology.

(According to one of my members, Mac/Apple, the makers of iPod and iTunes and currently riding the recent Tsunami caused by the Podcasting craze, have started to integrate MP4 in their software.)

A few things Jim also made clear is that the MP# licensing site and its licensing information is old. So this is not new information. My friend Armand Morin, and a few other big marketers, tried desperately to find any lawsuits or public information on the MP3 industry crackdown … to no avail. So the million-dollar question is, does Thomson/Faunhofer care about small fries? Even over $100,000 in gross revenue?

My opinion is, simply, they don’t.

Jason, that’s why I prefer “Quebecker” rather than “French Canadian.” … Gotta love ‘em Hawai’ians. :)

]]> By: Jason Cain http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/are-mp3s-illegal-fact-hype-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Jason Cain Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:16:43 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=47#comment-423 Aloha Jim And Friends, Maybe the French should grant Americans, Brits and Canadians an exclusion. Seems that is the least they can do for rescuing their asses in 1944. Michel Fortin is the only person of French ancestry that I have ever liked. ;) Semper fi, Jason Cain goldblogger.com PS: I did find this Jim... http://www.goldblogger.com/images/french-battle-flag.jpg A picture of the French battle flag, that was used at Dien Bien Phu. Aloha Jim And Friends,

Maybe the French should grant Americans, Brits and Canadians an exclusion. Seems that is the least they can do for rescuing their asses in 1944.

Michel Fortin is the only person of French ancestry that I have ever liked. ;)

Semper fi,

Jason Cain
goldblogger.com

PS: I did find this Jim…

http://www.goldblogger.com/images/french-battle-flag.jpg

A picture of the French battle flag, that was used at Dien Bien Phu.

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