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Re:Google's dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for o... by danbmil99 on Thursday January 13, 2011 @04:03AM (#2099283)
sounds familiar. I was involved around '03, when Polycom and about 25 companies were up against the 4 or 5 biggies over the patent issue. It was like watching a bunch of school kids get beat up by teenage bullies. Very ugly.

MPEG-LA are really just a bunch of thugs. They remind me of Tony Soprano: "Satisfaction guaranteed -- or double your garbage back!"

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