* andy at theasis.com <andy at theasis.com> [010410 08:40]:
> What kind of "even if they are free"? If I whip up a little midi recording
> and make it available to mp3, do they pay some fee? 

Ok, if its just you, its ok, but if a company is making money it boils
down to 1% of revenue, minimum of 1 cent per download. Minimum agreement
being 15,000 dollars. (yikes!)

That's why (i think) eMusic has no problem helping out vorbis with some
free tracks.  

http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/summary.html
http://www.mp3.com/news/095.html

As to the Freedom vs free rant.  In this case I am defaulting to the
'free' part.  So, stop assuming that I'm hiding behind Freedom.  Be high
and mighty somewhere else.  

I don't think these people are uneducated hackers.  The lead programmer
at least has some graduate school, and perhaps finished that, I cant
seem to find out easily for now.

Heres a nifty interview:
http://www.advogato.org/article/56.html
-- 
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