[NTLUG:Discuss] Proprietary media morass

[Steve Litt]

On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 00:00:19 -0500
Leroy Tennison <leroy.tennison at verizon.net> wrote:

> Can anyone point me to an authoritative statement (or statements)
> about playing proprietary media formats (WAV, MP3, etc) on Linux as
> long as the content hasn't been pirated?  Is it legal or not?  The
> immediate context is playing a voice mail message saved in WAV
> format.  My only concern is with the legality of working with the
> format, not copyrighted content.

I don't know the legality of the situation.

That being said, everyone I know listens to .wav and .mp3 files, and a
heck of a lot of them have created and distributed same.

You don't say whether this is part of a business plan, or just your
personal business. If it's just your personal business, then my
response would be that whether it's legal or not, the legal eagles have
bigger fish to fry than a guy who records his voice and sends a .mp3 of
it to his friends.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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