Re: [ARSCLIST] MP3 bit rates and usage factors for Web pages

["Marie Azile O'Connell" <marie.oconnell@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom

I assume USM is a state-funded institution.  I'm not really up on the play on
how American Universities work, but I do know that my job is funded by a grant.
 The oral histories I work on have been gifted to the Center for Oral History &
Cultural Heritage with all the paperwork involved.  If the paperwork isn't
there, then it can only be used in-house by students & researchers on the
premises.  My main concern is about useage by commercial entities.

Cheers

Marie


Quoting Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Marie:
> 
> Is your university a state-funded institution? Does it receive federal
> tax-supported grants? Then why don't the taxpayers of Mississippi and the
> larger United States have an ownership stake in what you produce and are
> therefore entitled to free access? Just curious.
> 
> -- Tom Fine
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marie Azile O'Connell" <marie.oconnell@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] MP3 bit rates and usage factors for Web pages
> 
> 
> > Hi there -
> >
> > This is an issue I have struggled with for sometime, and I have conducted
> > several tests at home using a programme I have called Audio Commander.
> With
> > this I have been able to record ANY audio I have come across and the
> quality is
> > very good as an end product. It worries me that entire interviews and/or
> music
> > clips are put onto the world wide web and are able to be recorded, used
> and/or
> > distributed without proper copyright restrictions.
> >
> > Afterall, these oral histories, music collections, radio broadcasts, etc
> do
> > actually belong to someone, or some institution.  My instinct has been to
> give
> > a very short excerpt of audio, with text, but to keep out the 'prized'
> part of
> > the audio that the person really wants.  If they want it badly enough,
> then
> > they will have to get in touch with the company, University and pay for
> it!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marie O'Connell
> > Sound Archivist/Sound Engineer/Sound Consultant
> > Center for Oral History & Cultural Heritage
> > University of Southern Mississippi
> > Phone: 601-266-6514
> > Mobile: 601-329-6911
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx:
> >
> > > In a message dated 11/30/2005 4:01:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > ArcLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > >
> > > (2) Do you have any restrictions about stream-only vs. download or
> stream?
> > > ***********
> > >
> > > As a user I will plead for download.  Streaming just doesn't work very
> well
> > > with slow dialup or intermittent cable connections. I finally had to
> resort
> > > to
> > > Total Recorder to make the BBC archive feeds listenable.
> > >
> > > Of course many feel that streaming is mandatory for copyright
> protection,
> > > which I don't understand from a technical viewpoint since it forces me
> to
> > > make a
> > > copy to listen to! On my system (XP) if you click on a downloadable
> link,
> > > Media Player plays it, but a copy appears only in the Temporary Internet
> > > File,
> > > which most people don't know how to access anyway.
> > >
> > > Mike Csontos
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Csontos
> > >
> 


Marie O'Connell
Sound Archivist/Sound Engineer/Sound Consultant
Center for Oral History & Cultural Heritage
University of Southern Mississippi
Phone: 601-266-6514
Mobile: 601-329-6911