Pete/Pcb21 wrote:
It appears you can _play_ MP3s libreally and gratisly. The difficulty is creating them. Thus as long as the uploader "signs" to say they have done so legally, then the migration path that allows dual formats (even of the same piece) might be an option.
Pete
As far as I can see, this is no longer true. It appears that Thomson revoked their preious royalty-free licence for free software-based MP3 players in 2002.
Read Thomson's own information:
http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/index.html http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
and Xiph.org's open letter to Thomson:
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/openletter.html
-- Neil