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MPEG LA Announces Permanent Royalty Moratorium For H264

Posted by timothy on from the free-samples dept.

vistapwns writes "MPEG LA has announced that free h264 content (vs. paid h264 content which will still have royalties) will be royalty free forever. With ubiquitous h264 support on mobile devices, personal computers and all other types of media devices, this assures that h264 will remain the de facto standard for video playback for the foreseeable future."

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  1. Re:Finally? by gbjbaanb · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Firefox doesn't use system codecs for anything, because they want the exact same experience on all platforms

    is that the exact same bad experience on all platforms?