[vorbis] Streaming Considerations.

[Adam Scriven]

Hey, I'm not sure if this should be in -dev or not, so I'll post it here first.
If that's wrong, LMK and I'll post it there.

I have a friend who's running an online radio station, well, group of 
stations, actually.
They're stuck in the .ra format, which I personally think sucks rocks.  MP3 
has a lot of flack surrounding it these days, as well as the problems that 
the RIAA doesn't like, such as being able to save a stream and stuff like that.

Will a vorbis stream be able to be saved?  Is it possible to somehow lable 
it private, such that it won't be able to be saved?

Morality of the RIAA aside (I hate them personally, and think they should 
all die slow, painful deaths), this will be a key point, I think.  If you 
can hear the music legally, without being able to save the stream (at least 
not easily), then I think vorbis will have another venue to get ahead 
in.  RA encoders cost a mint, and you also need the servers, and the 
licenses per user, all of which add up to thousands and thousands of 
dollars.  If Vorbis can do better, for cheaper, and have the stamp of the 
RIAA, then I think it would be a "good thing".

Now, if they were to be "unsavable" streams, and yet another piece of 
software ignores that, that's all well and good too, as long as the server 
ends meets the RIAA requirements, that's all I care about.

Ideas?
Adam

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