Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into perspective

Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by jrockway on Thursday May 20, 2010 @11:31PM (#1366288)

If that turns out to be the case, then everyone should go back to H.264. But honestly, I have a feeling that Google looked into this before they decided to use it for YouTube. Remember that patents cover exactly what they describe, not things similar to what they describe.

Google could always also just buy the patent, if it turns out to be a problem. Basically, I am not ready to dismiss this yet. I trust Google's legal team over one H.264 programmer.

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Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by av500 on Friday May 21, 2010 @01:09AM (#1366451)

So far the only thing Google said is "they are very confident" which legally means nothing. They are not going to indemnify everybody that gets sued over VP8, are they?

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