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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. Paging lawyers by oldhack · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is this one of those soft "pledges" that's not worth the paper it's written on, or is this something legally binding?

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  2. Excludes any comercial interests. Bad Summary-- by LordFolken · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Comerical usage will still be subject to royalities. This is basically to get the people hooked on h264 so that streaming sites in the future need to pay roaylities. This is a common problem with "defacto" standards.