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Re:MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to VP8 Video... by kalak451 on Friday February 11, 2011 @10:27AM (#2206594)
So is this being driven by people working on the VP8 codec or the WebM project? Or is MPEG LA just trying to show that VP8 really is just a patent encumbered at h.264(and protect/add to their revenue stream?)
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Re:MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to VP8 Video... by trotsky on Friday February 11, 2011 @10:54AM (#2206712)
Since google's adoption relies heavily on their claim that WebM isn't patent encumbered, it's a pretty safe bet that this is being done by the h.264 patent holders for competitive reasons.
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Re:MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to VP8 Video... by Pooter on Friday February 11, 2011 @11:50AM (#2207045)
Given that this is a press release from MPEG-LA hosted on its own website stating that MPEG-LA is asking for information about possible WebM infringements, I assume it's being driven by MPEG-LA.
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