“A new era of Web video without the patent-encumbered formats that have defined the Internet to date. That seems ideal. But like many ideals, it may prove to be unattainable. As a number of observers have already noted VP8 isn’t free from patent liability. And now that Google has open-sourced it as part of WebM, that liability is likely to become an issue,” Paczkowski reports. “And quickly, too.”
Paczkowski reports, “Indeed, Larry Horn, CEO of MPEG LA, the consortium that controls the AVC/H.264 video standard, tells me that the group is already looking at creating a patent pool license for VP8.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Fred Mertz" and "Lava_Head_UK" for the heads up.]
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