[M4IF Discuss] the packaged content fees

[Dave Singer]

At 14:55 -0700 2/8/02, Larry Horn wrote:
>Hi, David.
>
>I apologize that I have not responded sooner:
>
>1)	Yes - the files in this media would appear to be MPEG-4 Packaged
>Media and therefore, subject to the applicable royalty.

ouch.
>2)	The pressing plant is using MPEG-4 and under the proposed
>license terms, would be responsible for paying the applicable MPEG-4
>Packaged Medium royalty.

double ouch.  generally I send a master disk to a pressing plant and 
they copy it.  they have no interest in the nature or technology of 
the content -- audio, computer, video CD, they don't care.  this is, 
I suspect, impossibly onerous for them.
>
>Regards,
>Larry Horn
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Singer [mailto:singer   apple.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2024 1:35 PM
>To: discuss   lists.m4if.org
>Subject: [M4IF Discuss] the packaged content fees
>
>
>I have questions about the packaged content fee.
>
>Say I am selling computers with help and intro files on the hard
>drive.  Some of these files use MPEG-4 video short sequences.  Are
>these files subject to the fee?
>
>Say I send some CDs to a pressing plant to be pressed.  Is the
>pressing plant supposed to scan them looking for MP4 files which
>contain MPEG-4 video, and collect my packaged content fee?
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>David Singer
>Apple Computer/QuickTime
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David Singer
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