[NTLUG:Discuss] Proprietary media morass

[Leroy Tennison]

Thanks for the reply, just to clarify, this is personal use.

On 06/04/2016 02:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> 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
>
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