Re: [Advocate Play Ogg] Ogg Playing

[advocate]

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> Hello, friends... I have some questions... (I'm not sure this is the
> place to ask this, but, anyway... I'm sorry if it isn't)
> 
> Can a band be sued for giving their songs for free in MP3/WMA format? Or
> only the software that plays MP3 has restrictions?
> 
> I'd like to make a sort of online radio in ogg... I have a small
> personal website, only for hobby, and would like to upload my favorite
> songs, and play them randomly... like m3u, pls... I'm not sure how to do
> that... and I was hoping to have javascript to automatically play it,
> stop, go to next song, etc... maybe it's asking too much... Does anybody
> know if this is possible? Where can I learn how to do that, if so?
> 
> Do you think open-source enthusiasts should offer proprietary options
> too, after all, free software is about freedom, or only the free ones?
> 
> Thank you so much
> 
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I'm pretty sure you can only be sued for patent infringement if you distribute 
(and maybe if you
use) software which can create or play MP3 files, rather than the files 
themselves.

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