Re:Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 encoder released under GPLv2
by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:16PM
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Unfortunately, none of that is true.
MPEG-LA doesn't give you a licence to all known H.264 patents.
The only way they protect you from trolls is if the troll is happy to take a cut of their existing take, which if you had a solid patent with no FRAND obligation, would probably be silly.
They will troll the people offering you alternatives though.
Patent pools are an inefficient government solution to a government created problem. They looked like they might actually fix this, but the amount of rent the government lets these corporations collect as a tax on digital communication means they have the lobbying power to keep it rolling.
MPEG-LA doesn't give you a licence to all known H.264 patents.
The only way they protect you from trolls is if the troll is happy to take a cut of their existing take, which if you had a solid patent with no FRAND obligation, would probably be silly.
They will troll the people offering you alternatives though.
Patent pools are an inefficient government solution to a government created problem. They looked like they might actually fix this, but the amount of rent the government lets these corporations collect as a tax on digital communication means they have the lobbying power to keep it rolling.