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Hm, might be functional but also doesn't really offer a lot of utility or even gimmicks in my opinion. Yes it works, seemingly okay. Not sure I'm really too crazy about the Export to Wav or MP3 function, that kind of opens a Copyright can-of-worms issue when given some thought.

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I'm not sure I understand, what copyright issues can you envision?

The MP3 codec is patented in the US, due to expire at the end of next year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing.2C_ownership_and...

Uploading a copyrighted work, then editing it, and saving it into a new file is a clear case of making a derivative version of a protected work. There's no issue if it's Creative Commons allowed or Public Domain, that's just fine and I don't intend to say otherwise. It's when it comes to the nature of the source and the editing and saving that is, to me, just troublesome from a legal / academic standpoint.

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