[vorbis] requested new features ?

[Ross Levis]

That is not good.  I'm using all MP3 songs for my FM radio station.  I presume it
covers that use as well as streaming.  I was planning to switch to Ogg/Vorbis when
1.0 is released.  I wonder if all those radio stations using MP2 are paying
similar royalties.  I don't think so.

Ross.

Matt and Karin Lawson wrote:

> The website is:
>      http://www.mp3licensing.com
>
> Basically the deal is that you can stream mp3s for free until the end of the
> year but after that, they start charging a royalty with a MINIMUM annual
> payment of $15,000.  If you also want to sell downloads, it's 1% of your
> sales with another annual minimum fee of $15,000.
>
> Now remember these fees are only for the use of the mp3 technology
> itself, it doesn't include the myriad of royalties that are due to the various
> record companies, publishers, performing rights organizations, etc..
>
> Realize that this also means that if you want to sell and stream YOUR
> OWN MUSIC that you personally wrote, performed, and recorded
> in your house, that adds up to $30,000 per year.  You see how
> absurd this is?
>
> Ross Levis wrote:
>
> > Where can I find info regarding the MP3 broadcast license changes?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ross.
> >
> > Ralph Giles wrote:
> >
> > > If it helps any, I have an unofficial todo list at
> > > http://snow.ashlu.bc.ca/ogg/todo.html it's a bit biased towards my own
> > > interests (mostly from lack of other contributions :) but should give you
> > > an idea what's been talked about so far.
> > >
> > > There is no feature freeze, but we need to get a 1.0 release out before
> > > the mp3 broadcast-licensing changing at the end of the year. Jack is, I
> > > understand, exerting some influence on what goes in. Grapevine has it that
> > > we will get low bitrate modes and joint stereo/surround support for 1.0.
> > > Also the stream-description metadata if it's ready (unlikely). Nothing
> > > else has been settled upon, afaik.
> > >
> > > Oh, and and as much streaming support as possible. :)
> > >
> > >  -r
> > >
> > > --
> > > giles at ashlu.bc.ca
> > >
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