[NTLUG:Discuss] Proprietary media morass

[Leroy Tennison]

None of the material I'm interested in should be copyrighted in a manner 
which would restrict the way I desire to use it, my only interest is is 
listening to/viewing things which people have made publicly available.

On 06/04/2016 10:50 AM, Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> If it is not copyrighted material then no problem, I would assume it is not
> since it was sent to you publicly, most material is copyrighted the minute
> it is created, but, unless it actually is copyrighted by the author it's
> not truly copyrighted. There should be a disclaimer attached to it if not
> it is okay to use.
> On Jun 4, 2016 12:01 AM, "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.
>>
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