Voicemail Emails With MP3 ?

[Aaphid]

Is there any chance the VoIP voicemail service could email us with an mp3 file instead of wav?

GMail will only play mp3's.

[Dazzled]

WAV (like flac and ogg) is a free format, and playable on just about anything. MP3 is lossy, but more importantly, non-free, and you won't need reminding how ridiculous Australian so-called "intellectual property" laws can be, even if many of us didn't pay. MP3 codecs are usually hosted at obscure eastern European locations where the Yank lawyers can't go.

[Aaphid]

MP3 is lossy, but more importantly, non-free

Fair enough.

Does anyone know how much it would cost for Exetel to use mp3?

[Dazzled]

Non-free affects users' computers too. Many of us have obtained third party codecs, but the Australian enforcement of the US notion of copyright makes the legal status unclear. You paid a royalty if you bought a legit copy of Windows. Iffy with open source devices. I can't imagine a single user getting into strife, but I would want advice before organising it - look at what happened to Iinet.

MP3 is hosted here http://www.medibuntu.org/, If you actually connect to the repo you will have a very interesting trip through eastern Europe.