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New MPEG-4 Licensing Scheme

Posted by michael on from the pay-per-view dept.

morcheeba writes: "EETimes is reporting that the licensing of MPEG-4 patents will be substantially different than the existing MPEG-2 licenses. The per-player fee will be substantially cheaper ($0.25 instead of $2.50), but a new "use fee" component of $0.02/hour will be charged to service providers. More on MPEG-4 in general at MacWeek; The MPEG-4 Industry Forum and MPEG LA are handling the licenses."

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  1. you screwed it up!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You posted as plaint old text, should have posted as HTML... but I do like thelonger post...

  2. Re:Wider is better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Pretty tricky and it looks like you snuck past the evil Slashdot guards. You managed to Goatse me beyotch.

  3. Economics of the past by Dutchmaan · · Score: 4, Troll

    I'm wondering in the next 10 years how many things we'll no longer own, but be charged as we use them.

    I think there was a word for this kind of situation...

    Serfdom

    Only this time we pay to a CEO instead of a "Lord"

  4. Re:OSS Hardware Decoder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    what is this we shit?! Your implausable hardware idea sucks. SHUT YOUR FACEBUNG!

  5. Re:FUD by Lars+T. · · Score: 1, Troll

    You are welcome. If somebody asks me about DivX, I'll answer about DivX, not DivX 4.

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    Lars T.

    To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck