Dan's the administrator on this list, his call, even if most of us probably have no intention of helping a law firm whose primary business is patent litigation.<div><br></div><div>Adam, if you read this, let me make up a story that's probably 90% true. A high school kid, bored by the unchallenging environment of public school, set out to bring two things he loves together: programming and music. Being a respectful individual he made his footprint on the world unobtrusive, small, and easy to read. Before long ID3 tags made it into the wild, became the de facto standard years before iTunes or Napster existed, and the rest is history. Today Eric works as a Senior Developer. He doesn't have time for hobbies anymore. He quit IRC on 12/11/01. Most days he likes his job, but sometimes while alone in his office late at night he wonders how what he loved as a kid has kept him from enjoying more of life. Recently he's decided that instead of working for the money, he's going to make the money work for him. In another two years, he'll have enough saved up for a chicken ranch, far from the nearest underground cable, where he'll finally have time to enjoy the fresh air and explore new passions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Happy holidays everyone :)</div><div><br></div><div>p.s. dano, please don't ban me<br><div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Reaves, Timothy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:treaves@silverfieldstech.com">treaves@silverfieldstech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Asked to or not, it's not appropriate. This is not the personals. <br><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Dan O'Neill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dano@id3.org" target="_blank">dano@id3.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I was asked to forward the enclosed email to the list in an attempt to locate Eric Kemp, one of the originators of portions of the ID3 tagging methodology.<br>
<br>Happy holiday season to everyone.<br><br>dano<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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Date: Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 1:27 PM<br>
Subject: ID3 History Question<br>To: "<a href="mailto:dano@id3.org" target="_blank">dano@id3.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:dano@id3.org" target="_blank">dano@id3.org</a>><br><br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
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Dan,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My name is Adam Botzenhart and I work as an attorney. I’m interested in getting in touch with experts who can help me understand the history of the early development of the ID3 tag, as well as early metadata formats for audio files. I’m especially interested in trying to get in contact with Eric Kemp (<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN">alias NamkraD), credited on your site and others as the original inventor of the ID3 tag. Do you happen to have contact information for Eric or know of anyone else I might contact who either (a) is knowledgeable about early ID3 development/mid-90s audio metadata formats or (b) might know how I can get in contact with Eric Kemp?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" lang="EN">I appreciate any info or assistance you can provide.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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