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Nero Files Antitrust Complaint Against MPEG-LA

Posted by Soulskill on from the hot-topics-getting-hotter dept.

hkmwbz writes "German technology company Nero AG has filed an antitrust complaint against the MPEG-LA, the company that manages the H.264 patent pool. Nero claims that the MPEG-LA has violated the law and achieved and abused 100% market share, by, among other things, using 'independent experts' that weren't independent after all, not weeding out non-essential patents from the pool (in fact, it has grown from the original 53 to more than 1,000), and retroactively changing previously-agreed-on license terms."

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  1. I didn't know Nero AG had time for this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They seemed so busy turning their superior burning tool into another bloated intrusive dog.

    1. Re:I didn't know Nero AG had time for this by charliemopps11 · · Score: 3, Funny

      yea, it's pretty sad when I wont even pirate your software. The final straw with Nero was "Nero Scout"

    2. Re:I didn't know Nero AG had time for this by Dragoniz3r · · Score: 4, Funny

      Finally, effective piracy countermeasures! Someone alert Ubisoft!

  2. It's all perfectly legal by catmistake · · Score: 2, Funny

    They have a patent pool for criminal activity, too.

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  3. Re:MPEG_LA Isn't the devil by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's like saying Satan is not evil because there's also Cthulhu.

  4. Re:MPEG_LA Isn't the devil by ae1294 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's like saying Satan is not evil because there's also Cthulhu.

    Cthulhu is not evil... He's just misunderstood...

    Here! Have a Taco, they are deliriously delicious, although a tad non-euclidean.

  5. THEY ARE SAFE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Blobus the giant galatic penis bird will fight for them !

  6. Re:HOLY SHIT. by sumdumass · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess you and some windows Users have something in common.

    Now all you need is a camera and some commercial time. Maybe a slogan like "nero 7,it was my idea".

    All joking aside, they probably did listen to your email. There was probably a ton of others they listened to also. but rest assured, there is something in it for them outside of making you a happy customer. Companies tend to operate towards what is beneficial to them. IT may be that your email and they line up perfectly, but lets not get to carried away.

  7. Re:No, probably because there's nothing to sue for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's just FUD.

    Does FUD now mean "something that I don't really know anything about, but want very badly to not be true?"

  8. Re:MPEG_LA Isn't the devil by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope that taco doesn’t go commander! :P

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  9. Re:HOLY SHIT. by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "My name is Khyber, and Nero's anti-trust complaint was my idea."

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  10. Re:Non-infringing video by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's confusing patents and copyright. He's also confusing 2010 and 1910. He is, in fact, a very confused person.

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  11. Re:Non-infringing video by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would have worked better if I hadn't typo'd and said 1910 instead of 1810. Now I'm the confused one...

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