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Journal Amani576's Journal: Does OGG/Vorbis Matter Under Copyright Laws? 10

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With the recent rise in RIAA lawsuits over the transferring of files, (mainly in copyrighted file formats such as MP3 and WMA) I've been wondering more and more lately, that if files (music in particular) are formatted and shared in OGG/Vorbis, or some other free-open codec, would their lawsuits still hold merit? Does the media they sue over actually deal with the content? or the license they are under, and the format in which they are stored?
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  • Many lawsuits deal with one particular aspect. Some lawsuits deal with all aspects. When I first began with LFS there was a good deal of hubbub over using free mp3 codecs as opposed to the official Freunhofer codecs because Frueunhofer had a lawsuit against those who used his codecs without paying for them. The matter seems to have been settled now--Fruenhofer probably ran out of money to keep his attorney chasing people. It probably wasn't a very profitable pursuit.
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  • What does matters primarily is the distribution, which usually involves making another copy which would violate copyright law. That being said, the RIAA will not allow there music to be encoded on a format that does not have DRM, which as you know is why Apple and Microsoft have their own proprietary formats and players.

    Remember, buy all your music used. The RIAA does not see a dime of that money, and cuts off the money supply to the RIAA.

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