[advocacy] Fwd: Ogg Vorbis/Interview request/French press

[Daniel James]

Anyone else care to help? My reply is pasted at the end of this mail.

Daniel

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Subject: Ogg Vorbis/Interview request/French press
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:06:58 -0400
From: Laetitia.Mailhes at ft.com
To: daniel at mondodesigno.com

Daniel,

I am a San Francisco-based correspondent for Les Echos, the French
sister-newspaper of The Financial Times.

I'm working on a story about Ogg Vorbis and I am looking for comments
 from people who know the format and understand online music.

Would you allow me to use some quotes form your article "Why artists
 shoud use Ogg Vorbis"? Of course, they would be credited to you. If
 so, how shall I describe you (title? claim to fame?)

Also, I have a question: two arguments against Ogg Vorbis are:
1/ people will be very reluctant to switch to the new format when
 they have all their music collection in MP3
2/ Ogg Vorbis makes it difficult today to produce copyright-protected
material

I'd very much like to hear your comments.

I thank you for your consideration and I am looking forward to
 hearing from you.

Best regards,

Laetitia Mailhes

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tel. (415) 445 5634
fax (415) 445 5615

> Would you allow me to use some quotes form your article "Why
> artists shoud use Ogg Vorbis"?

Certainly!

> how shall I describe you (title? claim to fame?)

Daniel James of LinuxUser magazine

> 1/ people will be very reluctant to switch to the new format when
> they have all their music collection in MP3

This is really a non-issue since the popular players (even the 
Windows Media Player) support both formats with the appropriate 
plug-in. The early hardware players can't play the new format, but 
that goes for all new formats, including the so-called 'secure' ones. 
The Iomega HipZip plays Ogg Vorbis files and it's just been reduced 
in price to US $149 at iomega.com - cheap really.

> 2/ Ogg Vorbis makes it difficult today to produce
> copyright-protected material

All music that's copyrighted is protected by copyright. Technical 
solutions to the file sharing 'problem' don't work, because music 
lovers don't want them to work. Besides, if the record companies 
would only admit it, shared music files actually increase CD sales. 
We're much more likely to buy a CD from an artist we've heard than 
one we haven't. 

Due to the open-source nature of Ogg Vorbis, the format calls into 
question the assumptions behind the industry position on the control 
of digital music. We're unlikely to see an SDMI approved version of 
Ogg Vorbis, but it's conceivable that officially released .ogg files 
could be signed with an encryption key. This would prove that the 
artist was happy for the music to be freely shared on the internet.

Cheers

Daniel 

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