On 3/10/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dana Olson wrote: > > >On 3/10/06, Carlo Capocasa <capocasa@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>>I think that you have presented a couple valid points. This motion, however, > >>>is something that will be only as successful as community wants it to be. > >>>FWIW, we could talk about incorporating your idea into the Linuxaudio.org > >>>mission as long as the two remain within the same scope. This way we the two > >>>could mutually benefit and in the long-run through exposure encourage others > >>>to adopt similar (or preferably same) strategy. > >>> > >>> > >>Sup Ico! I would absolutely LOVE to integrate this one with > >>linuxaudio.org. The more integrated the more powerful. This thing will > >>be, as all free movements, a matter of network effects. The more sites > >>with the free music logo and working the free music way, the better! The > >>more support, the better! Thanks! > >> > >>Carlo > >> > >> > > > > > >Let's get started! I am ready... Are you? > > > >My design skills suck, and I can't even do SVG stuff in Inkscape or > >whatever, so there goes my idea of using SVG, oh well. I'll do a > >hi-res idea in Gimp... My skills are crap, as I said, but I think we > >should indeed have a competition and have votes of some kind to see > >what everyone thinks about each submission. > > > >BTW, > >Digg for music would be cool! I don't know that Digg's source is > >available, but it sure would be easily adaptable, I think. We'd still > >need a big host for it though. > > > >Dana > > > > > > > > > Dana, > I don't believe that emphasizing the ogg choice is as important. Yes, > ogg quality is superior but there are a lot of devices that can't play ogg. > > To provide both is enough effort. > > FLAC will be the obvious choice in just a few years, or months. > > Think about this: If I want to print a cd, let's say the minimum > quantity (500 copies), the costs are around 800$ for the bare bone jewel > box. Here in Italy (and nothing is cheap here ATM) I can have a hosting > service for 30 euros/year with unlimited space. Or you can host your > music on archive.org and such for free. So, what are we talking about? > You can provide mp3s, oggs and FLACs of your whole discography. > > And anyway, to say we're different because we use ogg and putting a logo > on our website is just a marketing trick. These are the kind of tricks > that big media use to brainwash people. I don't want to be a part of this. > > c. > -- > www.cesaremarilungo.com > Okay, so stick to MP3 and other patent-encumbered formats if you like. The world doesn't need open formats I guess.
