SV: SV: [governance] Re: Why standards from ISO are not freely

[Kicki Nordström]

Dear Tapani ,

I am not sure you are right, at least I am very sure that DAISY consortium is a serious concept  and they are operating in all countries in the world! You can download DAISY formats on their website free of charge! MP3 is the base for DAISY as it is open to use for everyone! 		 

I think a lawyer expert on intellectual properties could give us information on this and I am likewise sure that DAISY do not step into something that internationally should be unlawful! 

Yours
Kicki 

Kicki Nordström
Synskadades Riksförbund (SRF) 
World Blind Union (WBU)
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Från: Tapani Tarvainen [mailto:tapani.tarvainen at effi.org] 
Skickat: den 28 augusti 2008 05:30
Till: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Ämne: Re: SV: [governance] Re: Why standards from ISO are not freely

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 04:53:56AM +0200, Kicki Nordström (kicki.nordstrom at srfriks.org) wrote:

> Dear   all,
> 
> I am  sure MP3 is an open standard!

I am equally sure it is not.

As already noted, openness of standards is subject to various definitions, but I don't consider it free if I some users have to pay to use it.

MP3 is covered by several patents, and wherever they're valid,
MP3 cannot be legally used for commercial purposes without paying a license fee. See http://mp3licensing.com or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3#Licensing_and_patent_issues.

> MP3 is the base and then DAISY standards is brought in to make the 
> reading capacity to fit for instance blind persons who need to rotate 
> around in a book, speed up the speech or search for particular parts 
> in the book.

Patent-based restrictions probably do not apply in such use.

> DAISY standard is also open for everyone.

If it is based on MP3, it is not open for commercial use.

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Tapani Tarvainen
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