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- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BadVista Advocate] Help PlayOgg.org Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:03:10 -0400 From: John Sullivan johns@fsf.org Reply-To: BadVista.org Advocacy advocate@badvista.org To: advocate@badvista.org
Now that the record labels are starting to drop DRM, major retailers like Amazon are announcing their plans to start distributing music unencumbered by DRM. This is a huge victory against Microsoft's efforts, and it shows that Vista-like restrictions are not what people want.
MP3 and AACS are currently the favored formats for music distribution. Microsoft is also pushing its own proprietary formats. But in the USA they are all encumbered by software patents. Since it is the music fan who ends up paying the costs of these patents---now is the time to encourage retailers to switch to the Ogg format. Ogg is ethically, legally and technically superior to MP3 and AACS.
PlayOgg.org is a campaign just launched by the FSF to encourage users and retailers to switch to the Ogg format.
Help raise the profile of music file formats unencumbered by software patents - Digg this! http://digg.com/tech_news/PlayOgg_Now_that_the_music_is_being_set_free_from_...