Comment 43 for bug 528910

You can already buy the codecs from the Ubuntu store,
<http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=19>. However, $0,99 is not
a reasonable price, it is just not doable to sell the license for so
little money. The full playback license costs $39.95.

On 3 March 2010 01:27, Bruce Wagner <email address hidden> wrote:
> Since Ubuntu cannot legally play MP3, nor a host of other non-free
> formats / codecs,..... in the USA,.... what I WOULD love to see the
> Ubuntu Store sell us:  a COMPLETE multimedia license,  along with all
> proprietary codecs, for use LEGALLY within the USA.  But it needs to
> cost $0.99 ........or $3.99 at the very most.
>
> This would help the widespread adoption of Ubuntu on the desktop in this
> country more than any other single decision / partnership Canonical
> could make.
>
> The number one complaint from tech reporters and reviewers, time after
> time, is always the same:  media, flash, Java, DVD, MP3, etc.... "don't
> work"..... out of the box.
>
> The purchase of the $0.99 multimedia license and Installation of all
> such codecs is so important,  it SHOULD be included in the actual
> INSTALLATION process.
>
> Imagine 100 times more users simply from this one simple change...
>
> And no more "gray areas", legally,  for users in Intellectual Property
> Police States, like USA.
>
> --
> 7digital is named Ubuntu One Music Store
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