Not so easy to do. MP3s, for better or worse, are already entrenched in
the market. Just look at the number of devices - car radios, portable cd
players, etc - that have the ability to play MP3s. Ogg may be a "better"
format due to all the IP insanity, but at this time Ogg is to MP3 what
Beta was to VHS.
Switching to/supporting one format over the other is not the answer.
Addressing all of this IP BS and patent bs (and their supporting tyrants)
and coming up with a workable solution is where all efforts should be
focused.
On 17 Oct 2002, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 09:03, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > What specifically doesn't work? If you mean it doesn't play MP3 files,
> > then that's correct. RedHat didn't want to be liable for any of the MP3
> > nonsense so they didn't include the mpg123 plugin. Go to http://xmms.org
> > and download the xmms-mpg123 RPM, and you'll be set.
>
> Specifically Red Hat is a good member of the free software community.
> Despite trashings on slashdot and elsewhere. They do not wish to break
> patent law or succumb to inferior patents by paying patent levies to
> arrogant "intellectual property" (sic) tyrants.
>
> The right answer is not 'download the xmms-mpg123' rpm. The right
> answer is use .ogg format instead. Demand it from those whom you trade
> music with. So that mp3 will go away. ;)
>
> I say this because there may come a day in which you wont be able to
> freely download xmms-mpg123 either. It is better to free your self from
> the mp3 patent now, instead of when its too late. ;)
>
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