Re: Starting work on mp3 site

Hugh Barrett (hmb@sydney.crosswinds.net)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 22:42:15 +1000


Patrick Saunders wrote:

> what is the compnay you are working with. Technically they can't
> control what files u put into a webspace.

Well it's this server called crosswinds. They give you free space, so I
think maybe that enables them to control what you put on your site.

> You do not need any specail streammng software like real audio. Only
> drawback is that a avg song is compressed to like 4-5 egs per song.

What are "egs"?

> If you got the space I think you should upload the netire song on your
> web server. There are really NO real laws about this on the ineternet
> its just people like RIAA have tried to stop the production of mp3z.

Are you sure?! I certainly think there are laws against putting whole
songs on, I discussed this on the list a little while ago, and everyone
else seemed to think that it was violating copywrite laws.

> >I'm going to start on that mp3 site now.

> >I was wondering, because the server I'm going to put the mp3s on only
>
> >allows sound clips up to 45 seconds long *from the beginning of a
> song*.
> >They also say that copywrited material is only permitted if
> permission
> >is gained to use it and that permission is written on the web site.
> If
> >we e-mailed (or contacted somehow) the record labels and asked them
> for
> >permission to use a short sample (45 seconds?) of a song, and
> reference
> >would be made to the artist and record label etc., I think they'd let
>
> >us, and we could use a clip from somewhere other than the start of
> the
> >song. Or is this all too much to be bothered with, and should we just
>
> >use 45 second samples from the start of songs?

cyaHugh Barrett