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Apple Sues Sorenson Over QuickTime Codec

Posted by pudge on from the gimme-gimme-some-lovin dept.

ScooterComputer writes "According to Bloomberg and a bunch of others, Apple is suing Sorenson over their licensing a codec to Macromedia for Flash MX, for 'developing, marketing, or licensing any version of the compression software used in QuickTime to competitors.' For years we have seen finger pointing going on between Apple and Sorenson as to WHY the Sorenson codec can't make it to the Linux platform... and things usually end with Apple saying it is Sorenson's fault. Well, I'd say Apple lied. So, can we all just start putting big pressure on Apple again to release QuickTime for Linux?" (Reminder to Apple users to visit Slashdot's Apple section for more Apple-related news.)

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  1. Hmm... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This story demands a haiku.

    Apple bans codec
    Used by the movie previews
    No linux Star Wars

  2. quicktime by elite+lamer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Apple's biting itself in the ass over this one. Making it so that less files floating around the Internet will be in Quicktime format means that less people will want Quicktime software...duh

    Not that I ever liked Quicktime, anyway.

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  3. Re:Wasn't this a bit obvious? by TurboDog99 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Really? I'd say 100% of the Macintosh market is a monopoly. Did you read about what happened to Be when they gave Apple a bit of competition on that front? Apple has a higher percentage of the Mac OS market than Microsoft has of the PC OS market.

  4. Stuff that matters?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Firstly, Apple...bit player in the computer world, loyal following of nerds. Who cares.

    Now, a lawsuit over QT?!?! Like anyone gives a damn about this crappy "media layer" (like the Ford Pinto is a "transportation layer").

  5. NOT the same codec, says Sorenson ... by frankske · · Score: 1, Redundant

    As in the article: "Ed McGarr, Sorenson's vice president of sales and marketing, says the compression software Macromedia uses in its Flash Player is different from the one Apple uses in QuickTime." So, it appears to be a completely different codec :-(