Re: question about commercial use of LAME

Hello, Rogerio.
Does LAME use file "L3codeca.acm" on Windows 7?

2015-04-28 17:30 GMT+03:00 Konstantin Smirnov <[email protected]>:

> Hello, Rogerio.
> Thanks for the answer.
> You write: "The *use* of LAME to encode files as MP3 *may* need
> licensing, as you read on that page. We, the LAME team, don't really know
> much about if that's needed in your jurisdiction (or other
> jurisdictions). It may be.
>
> But is it a Technicolor license that's needed (maybe)? Why there is no
> anything on theirs site (maybe because patents for MP3 still active only in
> US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3)?
> Or it is another company? Do you ever received such questions from another
> users of LAME?
>
>
> 2015-04-28 4:47 GMT+03:00 Rogério Brito <[email protected]>:
>
>> Dear Konstantin,
>>
>> Since this is a message of general interest to the LAME developers, I am
>> including the other developers in CC, so that the experience of others can
>> be shared.
>>
>> On Apr 23 2015, Konstantin Smirnov wrote:
>> > I'm a musician from Russia. Can I use LAME encoder for free for
>> commercial
>> > use to convert my tracks to MP3 (for example, in Cockos Reaper v4.76)
>> and
>> > later earn on my music?
>>
>> That's a perfectly fine use of LAME.
>>
>> > Must I put anything on my Youtube page about LAME if it's inside Reaper
>> > Cockos?
>>
>> Regarding LAME, you only have to worry about two things:
>>
>> 1 - If you distribute a binary copy of it, you must also provide the
>>     corresponding source code that was used to build that binary copy of
>> the
>>     program. This is a very important point that we, the LAME developers,
>>     care about.
>>
>>     If you are only distributing the *output* of LAME (that is, the
>> encoded
>>     MP3 files), then everything is completely fine and you don't have to
>>     provide nothing extra. Profit from your work as much as you want.
>>
>>     In summary: if you providing binaries of LAME, you also have to
>> provide
>>     the sources. If you don't distribute binaries of LAME, then you have
>>     nothing to worry about.
>>
>> 2 - The *use* of LAME to encode files as MP3 *may* need licensing, as you
>>     read on that page.  We, the LAME team, don't really know much about if
>>     that's needed in your jurisdiction (or other jurisdictions). It may
>> be.
>>
>> > And concerning commercial use of MP3 - must I have a license from
>> > mp3licensing.com (http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/emd.html) if I want
>> to
>> > earn on Youtube video - both for using LAME and MP3 earning? In case of
>> > earning on Youtube the broadcaster is Youtube, so it seems that I don't
>> > have to pay and get any license. So for authors nowadays is MP3 free for
>> > commercial use on Youtube and they mustn't do anything concerning
>> > MP3licensing.com?
>>
>> This is a personal view and others may have different experience (their
>> input is highly welcome here): as long as the files ended up on Youtube,
>> Youtube will transcode the files to other formats (like AAC and/or Vorbis)
>> and it shouldn't matter what format you originally used to create your own
>> music.
>>
>> If you have any potential doubts about if you have to pay for the licence
>> (we also have), then, for the case of Youtube, you can simply use Vorbis
>> as
>> the audio encoder and let Youtube take the trouble with the licensing side
>> of things.
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> --
>> Rogério Brito : rbrito@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 4096R/BCFCAAAA
>> http://cynic.cc/blog/ : github.com/rbrito : profiles.google.com/rbrito
>> DebianQA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=rbrito%40ime.usp.br
>>
>
>
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