[vorbis] requested new features ?

[Aleksandar Dovnikovic]

Matt and Karin Lawson <lawson at qns.com> wrote:

> 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?

If the licensing picture stays like this, mp3 will be swept out by vorbis
in the field of digital distribution. No one will use mp3 if they have to
pay those crazy amounts no matter how popular mp3 now is.

Greetings,
Aleksandar

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