Last call for review comments for audio/sp-midi

[Chris Lilley]

On Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 8:19:25 AM, timo wrote:

tknc> Please, review
tknc> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kosonen-sp-midi-mediatype-02.t
tknc> xt. It is the third version of the draft. This is the final call. Please
tknc> provide any review comments for the internet draft above at the latest
tknc> by the 16th of January 2007.

tknc> The differences between draft-kosonen-sp-midi-mediatype-01.txt and
tknc> draft-kosonen-sp-midi-mediatype-02.txt are:
tknc> -Dates have been updated.
tknc> -Normative references and Informative references became sections instead
tknc> of subsections.
tknc> -Copyright notice was updated.

Could I ask a couple of clarifying questions regarding the defining
specification:

a) Is it correct that the specification is not available online and
is solely contained in one or more printed books, orderable from
http://www.midi.org/about-midi/docorder.shtml
(if so, not necessarily a problem, just wanted to be sure that was the
situation)

b) What is the IPR licensing situation regarding the defining
specification. May it be freely implemented without roalty? if so,
please say so. If not, please give details of where the relevant
licenses may be obtained.

c) Can you say a little more about

  Many synthetic audio compositions have associated intellectual
  property rights.  It is conceivable that the rights owners of sp-
  midi content will want to protect their rights by applying
  security mechanisms that prohibit the rendering of the content
  without a legally acquired license to do so.

and how that would affect a conformant reader of this media type?

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 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris at w3.org
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