Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won
by scarface74 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @10:57AM
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If there is a demand, content will come, I doubt the difference in cost made by the licensing fees are going to mske a difference.
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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won
by scarface74 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:43PM
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No, but potential for bandwidth caps with fees for going in light of the removal of network neutrality legislation might tip the balance in the favor of the codec that looks better at a lower bitrate.
What does that have to do with patents and why people should care?
Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won
by cuckcuckspruce on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:33PM
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No, but potential for bandwidth caps with fees for going in light of the removal of network neutrality legislation might tip the balance in the favor of the codec that looks better at a lower bitrate.