Comments on: The first step towards the death of DRM? http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: adel http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1205 adel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1205 I read that AAC is open standard! and most music players already support it, why FOSS back up OGG and not AAC? I read that AAC is open standard! and most music players already support it, why FOSS back up OGG and not AAC?

]]> By: James Henstridge http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1206 James Henstridge Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1206 adel: AAC is an open standard in the sense that there is available documentation. However, you require a patent license to distribute AAC decoders.<p/>There are free software AAC decoders, but it is not clear that it is legal to distribute them without a patent license in some regions, so they don't show up in the default install of most distributions.<p/>In contrast, the OGG codec stack does not have this issue so usually ships by default. adel: AAC is an open standard in the sense that there is available documentation. However, you require a patent license to distribute AAC decoders.

There are free software AAC decoders, but it is not clear that it is legal to distribute them without a patent license in some regions, so they don’t show up in the default install of most distributions.

In contrast, the OGG codec stack does not have this issue so usually ships by default.

]]> By: raebo http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1207 raebo Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1207 I noticed that even Microsoft is shipping parts of OGG codec stack for the WMP11 on Vista.. I noticed that even Microsoft is shipping parts of OGG codec stack for the WMP11 on Vista..

]]> By: Sandy http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1208 Sandy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2007/04/03/the-first-step-towards-the-death-of-drm/#comment-1208 Christian, I hope you're right. I've sent Apple several emails in the past asking them to either remove the DRM or provide a native iTunes client for Linux (possibly via a plug-in to existing players, etc), and explaining that I use illegal software to remove the protection from songs I purchase from them. I'm more than happy to pay extra for freedom (and higher quality is nice, too); actually, I usually buy entire albums, so the prices change won't affect me too much.<p/>Even so, I'm attempting to wean myself off of popular music and use more services like Magnatune, which seems to have a business model that is more fair for the artists and the consumers, though it might not be conducive to the creation of pop divas. ;-) Christian, I hope you’re right. I’ve sent Apple several emails in the past asking them to either remove the DRM or provide a native iTunes client for Linux (possibly via a plug-in to existing players, etc), and explaining that I use illegal software to remove the protection from songs I purchase from them. I’m more than happy to pay extra for freedom (and higher quality is nice, too); actually, I usually buy entire albums, so the prices change won’t affect me too much.

Even so, I’m attempting to wean myself off of popular music and use more services like Magnatune, which seems to have a business model that is more fair for the artists and the consumers, though it might not be conducive to the creation of pop divas. ;-)

]]>