<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The best site I have seen in regards to mp3 licensing requirements is:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://mp3licensing.com">http://mp3licensing.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>They seem to indicate that commercial use requires a license:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="text" style="word-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); "><font style="word-wrap: break-word; "><a href="http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#4" title="http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#4" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#4</a></font></div><div class="text" style="word-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); "><font style="word-wrap: break-word; "><a href="http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#4" title="http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#4" style="word-wrap: break-word; "></a></font><a href="http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#5" title="http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#5" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">http://mp3licensing.com/help/index.html#5</a></div><div class="text" style="word-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); "><br></div><div class="text" style="word-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); ">I am not a lawyer, I have no knowledge if this site represents all possible patent claims related to mp3. As always, I would advise people using technologies they suspect are patent protected to seek legal advice to understand their own obligations based on their use and legal jurisdiction.</div><div class="text" style="word-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); ">Mike</div><div class="text" style="word-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); "><br></div><div><div>On Jun 21, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Tony Graziano wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Since mod_shout encodes/decodes and audio file in the MP3 format, can<br>someone explain to me how this complies with licensing since MP3<br>encode/decode software is not "free".<br><br>Is the patent holder giving a free license to use the technology since<br>it is a open source package? Is another technology being used that<br>does not require licensing?<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>