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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by nudgeee on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:04AM (#42735901)
Hilarious. Reminds me of Pioneer CDJs as well, even on the flagship CDJ-3000 models. If you read the user manual it says:

> About using MP3 files

> This product has been licensed for nonprofit use. This product has not been licensed for commercial purposes (for profit-making use), […]. You need to acquire the corresponding licenses for such uses. For details, see […]

Best use an open audio codec instead.

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by Dwedit on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:14AM (#42735967)
Nowadays, MP3 is an open audio codec. The patents have expired.
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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by MrDOS on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:18AM (#42736369)
The format itself is patent-unencumbered. That doesn't mean I couldn't still write a non-free decoder and license it to Pioneer for use in their CDJs. Due to organizational inertia, I suspect that's what's going on here (e.g., they licensed a decoder from Fraunhofer or another commercial implementer twenty years ago, and have been using the same one since).
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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by immibis on Friday January 17, 2025 @08:24AM (#42737253)
In this case, everyone at Pioneer knows their CDJs are used almost exclusively for commercial purposes, and perhaps they couldn't get away with lying about it in the fine print.
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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by troupo on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:08AM (#42736690)
> Best use an open audio codec instead.

You will still need a separate license (or multiple separate licenses) for commercial purposes.

Music licensing is unbelievably complicated

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by t0mas88 on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:32AM (#42736846)
That's about the music royalties, the comment above is about the CDJs ability to play MP3 encoded audio.
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