[aklug] Re: Interesting info on Flash

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On 05/05/10 21:25, Jeremy Austin wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:44 PM, barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> It is a one sided viewpoint, but it is interesting none the less.
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
>
> There's an interesting OSS angle to this story, about video formats
> (and not interactive Flash apps).
>
> Microsoft's next IE will support H.264 only, not Ogg, and Firefox
> apparently will not yet support H.264. If true, this is going to make
> things tough in our OSS-fueled race to HTML5 and freedom from Flash.
>
> Is the real story here that video codecs have gotten so complicated
> that there's no possible way an *effective* codec can avoid using
> patented techniques?
>
> jermudgeon
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This whole issue is confusing me. I don't get it... what is open about
H.264?

http://www.streaminglearningcenter.com/articles/h264-royalties-what-you-need-to-know.html

"Briefly, MPEG LA represents the patent holders of AVC/H.264
technologies. It is the sole licensing authority for the technology.
Typical customers include consumer equipment manufacturers (Blu-ray Disc
players and recorders), software developers (encoding programs, DVD
players), and content developers. According to the “Summary of AVC/H.264
License Terms,” which you can download from the MPEG LA site
(www.mpegla.com/ avc/avc-agreement.cfm), there are no royalties for free
internet broadcast (there are, however, royalties for pay-per-view or
subscription video) until Dec. 31, 2010. After that, “the royalty shall
be no more than the economic equivalent of royalties payable during the
same time for free television.”This makes royalties payable for “free
television” the best predictor of where internet royalties will stand in
2011. Under the terms of the agreement, you have two options: a one-time
payment of $2,500 “per AVC transmission encoder” or an annual fee
starting at “$2,500 per calendar year per Broadcast Markets of at least
100,000 but no more than 499,999 television households, $5,000 per
calendar year per Broadcast Market which includes at least 500,000 but
no more than 999,999 television households, and $10,000 per calendar
year per Broadcast Market which includes at 1,000,000 or more television
households.”

But then, what can we really be sure about?

"Harkness cautioned, however, that the royalty group may go in a totally
different direction when it came to license terms for internet usage."

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