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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:Paging lawyers by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 3, Funny

    You lost me at "cat".

    Where can I find this blog. Sounds like a riot.

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  2. Re:Paging lawyers by Americano · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I suppose they could try to convince a court that "will not charge royalties for AVC/H.264 encoded video that is made available to view via the Internet for free" *doesn't* mean they will not charge royalties for AVC/H.264 encoded video that is made available to view via the internet, for free, but I think that only works on opposite day.

  3. Re:Pirating n00b here... by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're an encoder.

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  4. Re:Paging lawyers by interkin3tic · · Score: 3, Funny

    saying "my company spent a million dollars creating and distributing free videos describing our product" would be a way to win, but "I have 10 GB of videos of my cat on my home page" would not

    I don't see how you can say that without even knowing how cute my cat is. Mr. Mittens playing with a string would melt the heart of any judge and or jury.