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Nokia Claims Ogg Format is "Proprietary"

Posted by Zonk on from the i-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

a nona maus writes "Several months ago a workgroup of the W3C decided to include Ogg/Theora+Vorbis as the recommended baseline video codec standard for HTML5, against Apple's aggressive protest. Now, Nokia seems to be seeking a reversal of that decision: they have released a position paper calling Ogg 'proprietary' and citing the importance of DRM support. Nokia has historically responded to questions about Ogg on their internet tablets with strange and inconsistent answers, along with hand waving about their legal department. This latest step is enough to really make you wonder what they are really up to."

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  1. proprietary. by sh3l1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news Microsoft is making claim that odt is proprietary.

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  2. Re:Ah, the "Humpty Dumpty" defense by callmetheraven · · Score: 5, Funny

    (1) choose open standard/software
    (2) have your lawyers claim it as your own
    (3) profit!

    Unless you're SCO...

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  3. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Aehgts · · Score: 5, Funny

    The engineer's mantra: If it aint broke, fix it till it is.

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  4. Re:Nokia: You Just Don't Get It by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a scan through the PDF document, and couldn't really believe what I was reading.
    That's because you can't believe anything you read if it's in a proprietary format like PDF! Nokia told me so, in a word document.
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  5. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Dark_Gravity · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fact is MP3 got their first.

    Their first what?

    The suspense is killing me.

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  6. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by sjames · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they MUST have DRM, I have a great win-win solution for them.

    They should encode their increadibly valuable content by moving it to the /dev/null 'encoder'. That way, nobody will ever be able to view even a split second of their content without paying and everyone else can be sure that they won't get ripped off with content that won't actually play properly where and when they want it to.

  7. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Coryoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should encode their increadibly valuable content by moving it to the /dev/null 'encoder'. That way, nobody will ever be able to view even a split second of their content without paying As a side benefit, /dev/null has a truly stunning compression. As long as they use /dev/null they could fit staggering amount of content onto their servers....
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  8. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's also the only compression method that, when compressing RIAA material, actually improves the quality of the recording!

    =Smidge=

  9. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just the other day I was compressing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" to /dev/null, and it came back much truer to the name than the original.

  10. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Xabraxas · · Score: 4, Funny

    So /dev/null converted your copy of Sounds of Silence to the acoustic version? Cool.

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  11. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by BeerCur · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just downloaded Microsoft's /dev/null decoder, and it's 8 gigs...

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  12. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by Verte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their first ".", which is surprising as MP3 is already 16 years old- but I guess everyone is different.

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  13. Re:Well, isn't it obvious? by sqldr · · Score: 4, Funny

    You guys are such sheep. I don't follow the norm, I listen to /dev/random.

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