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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. Re:Hmm... by kenthorvath · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is a haiku about everything at once please stop posting these

  2. Not to be a complete dickhead... by RatBastard · · Score: 0, Troll

    But I hate quicktime.

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  3. Very very good? by Penguinoflight · · Score: 0, Troll

    Personally I prefer MPEG. Sorenson is larger, uglier and proprietary. I just wish everyone would stop using Quicktime codecs (yeah, espesially starwars.com). The major thing I would debate if I was Sorenson, is Apple and Macromedia being competitors. Apple makes computers, and an operating system. Macromedia makes worthless software -- not much in common.

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  4. Re:WTF? SWF is Open File Format by lugonn · · Score: 0, Troll

    yet it has failed to validify the Flash format as an open standard

    Here's a quote from Macromedia's website:

    No fees are required for access to the Macromedia Flash file format (SWF) or for the creation of products based on the SWF format.

    So uh, WTF are you talking about? How is the swf format not open? Christ Adobe makes a product that makes swf files. Download the SDK and look for yourself. You might not be able to look at Sorenson's code, but you can build a custom player for swf's that uses sorenson codec so what's your point? I can STILL use the codec in my projects because it's now part of the SWF format.

    WHAAAAAAA!! I wanna see source even though I don't really need too. WHAAAAA!!

  5. Re:mod down - clueless by Cryptnotic · · Score: 3, Troll

    That's great. Except no one should have adopted it without a specification. And no one did adopt it, except for personal use. No corporations adopted it for use in commercial hardware products.

    My prediction is that either Ogg Vorbis will "go away" since no one will be able to use it with a portable device, or Xiph will release a specification and the world will discover that their techniques are in fact infringing on Fraunhofer's patents.

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