On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Nina Paley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Denver, > >> b) it is illegal to distribute the audio for free whether it is >> combined with the video or not. > > Not free, but much less than synched audio. The "mechanical license," which > applies to audio CDs, audioDVDs, tapes, records, etc - any audio-only > format, without accompanying video - is regulated by the US government. It > is currently $.091 cents per song.
I understand now. The on-the-fly syncing player would let you pay mechanical licensing fees, imposed by the government on content owners, rather than needing to negotiate a synch rights deals the content owners. I will write more about this later. Just thought I'd let you know that you've cleared up the confusion. Denver _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
