Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[Jeff Shippen <jeffshippen AT bluebottle.com>]

A very scary time is starting to come about - those effected will be 
those of us that own computers, cd/dvd players, and portable music/movie 
players. I strongly encourage everyone to read the info posted on this 
website http://www.xiph.org/about.html .  I am not going as far as to 
ask you to believe the information, I just want you to be aware that 
this is a concern.  Judge it for yourself.

XIPH is a group of people working on multimedia formats (image, audio, 
video).  Opposed to the popular MP3/MP4 formats, and other formats out 
there, XIPH is dedicated to providing free formats.

Have you ever been to a Website to listen to music, and they require you 
to use Windows Media Player, or Real Player, or Quicktime Player?  Don't 
you hate installing all this junk, when you could have just used your 
personal favorite player?  XIPH can help standardize multimedia to make 
this happen, as they provide their work for free.  All you have to do is 
request that your player supports XIPH's formats - If they get enough 
requests, they will support it-at no cost to them.  This will not solve 
all of the problems addressed on the website, but it could be a big 
start, especially if we are aware of what we may face before it hits us.

Please forward this on to others.
Jeff Shippen