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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. Nero are still in Business? by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's a company I thought had gone the way of the Ashton-Tates.

    Plenty of free burners for the rare time I need to do a DVD now, and their video editor sucked.

  2. Re:HOLY SHIT. by Mr+Thinly+Sliced · · Score: 0, Troll

    Incredible job. If I forward my landlords address any chance you can get him to look into the sperm/hairball blocking the shower pipes?

    Mr Dopely Lazy
    Reluctant Owner Street
    Wankingstone
    Spermorton
    England

    For anonymity, please only call me "Dave", and the sperm and hair were from some big guy who broke in one night and went all "pope cleansing" in there.