[kwlug-disc] WebM and VP8 Free and Open multimedia on the web

[Lori Paniak]

I hope they act on their threats ASAP and do not leave the situation in
permanent FUD limbo.  It is better to get definitive court rulings than
languish in uncertainty. 

Besides, Google can afford the legal help.



On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 12:03 -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote:
> Not so fast!
> 
> MPEG-LA announces they are amassing a patent portfolio to go after VP8!
> 
> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100520/googles-royalty-free-webm-video-may-not-be-royalty-free-for-long/
> 
> <sarcasm>Yay!  Capitalism works!</sarcasm>
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 07:01:26PM -0700, Raul Suarez wrote:
> > I really think that this is how technology advances faster and how digital wealth is generated not only amassed.
> > 
> > Raul Suarez
> > 
> > Technology consultant
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> > 
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 5/19/10, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Richard Weait <richard at weait.com>
> > > Subject: [kwlug-disc] WebM and VP8 Free and Open multimedia on the web
> > > To: "KWLUG discussion" <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>, tlug at ss.org
> > > Received: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 5:17 PM
> > > Forwarded from another list.
> > > 
> > > [Context: proprietary codecs and formats suck]
> > > 
> > > On a related note Google,Mozilla and Opera have joined to
> > > announce[1]
> > > a new open video format called webm [2].
> > > It’s licensed using a BSD-style license. “WebM and the
> > > codecs it
> > > supports (VP8 video and Vorbis audio) require no royalty
> > > payments of
> > > any kind.
> > > 
> > > Chromium, Firefox, and Opera builds are available today[3].
> > > Chrome
> > > builds will shortly follow. No statement yet from Microsoft
> > > or Apple
> > > regarding support in their platforms.
> > > 1.http://webmproject.blogspot.com/2010/05/introducing-webm-open-web-media-project.html
> > > 2. http://www.webmproject.org/about/
> > > 3. http://www.webmproject.org/users/
> > > 
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