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This was the case all along. What is interesting to note, however, is that the MPEGLA hasn't really ever jumped on anyone about royalties for selling MPEG-forma
by hackermom 16y ago
This was the case all along. What is interesting to note, however, is that the MPEGLA hasn't really ever jumped on anyone about royalties for selling MPEG-formatted video.
- nl 16y agoWell they'd had a moratorium on collecting fees for it. All the other links in the chain (encoders, decoders etc) are licencing it, and when a company does give their pound of flesh then they have jump on them over licencing terms (eg, the Nero free trial case: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372536 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372536)