Re: question about commercial use of LAME

Hello!
Thanks.
Can LAME developers confirm that as non-free versions of dBpoweramp come
with a fully-licensed copy of LAME so I can use it commercially for making
MP3 (and sell files made in dBpoweramp without any additional actions such
as getting license etc., as license for Fraunhofer was paid)?
Is that a special license that allows users not to pay for making mp3 (is
there something on your site about it, on Windows 7)?
As I understand, LAME which one can use with Reaper Cockos and Audacity
doesn't have such license?

Konstantin


2015-04-30 11:46 GMT+03:00 robert <[email protected]>:

> Hi Konstantin,
>
> the answer is no.
>
> l3codeca.acm is a MSACM codec filter from "Fraunhofer Institut für
> Integrierte Schaltungen IIS". If I remember correct, that's what
> Microsoft had as part of Windows for quite some time.
>
> LAME has its own encoding engine.
>
> Ciao Robert
>
>
> Am 29.04.2015, 16:02 Uhr, schrieb Konstantin Smirnov <[email protected]
> >:
>
>  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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