Re: <no subject>

[Erik Jarvi <ejarvi megsinet net>]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:42:44PM -0700, Jeff Harris wrote:
> Hello Dan & Tommaso,
> 
> > 
> > I think they really need to be both copyrighted and licensed.  In fact, if
> > we don't know who the copyright belongs to, then you can't really trust
> > the license IMO.  With sounds being passed around the net, one generally
> > doesn't know either of these accurately.
> 
>    In the license, the licensor, should include a statement that the sounds
> are indeed his/hers and make a full representation to the originality of the
> audio.

Good point!
 
> This is why I'd like to see the
> > copyright and license info as metadata inside the sound file if possible -
> > so it doesn't get lost.  This would generally have to be stored as a
> > "comment".  I'm not sure which audio formats support comments
> > though.  Does anybody know?
> 
>    Verance Corporation is a great source.  The audio is encoded into the
> actual wave form and does not get lost when transferred to analog or back.
> I use this software and it has worked well.  Also, the SDMI has endorsed
> this software.

No! These are supposed to be Capital "F" Free sounds. I strongly oppose
any sort of tech like this to be used. (Not to mention that finding a Free
software implementation of this would be <understatement>difficult
</understatement>. :) There are uses for this tech., just not here, IMNSHO.

This is just so the license doesn't "disappear".

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Erik
-- 
All music aspires to the condition of muzak.