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From wikipedia: AOMedia Video 1 (AV1), is an open, royalty-free video coding format designed for video transmissions over the Internet. It is being developed b

by Thaxll 9y ago

From wikipedia: AOMedia Video 1 (AV1), is an open, royalty-free video coding format designed for video transmissions over the Internet. It is being developed by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), a consortium of firms from the semiconductor industry, video on demand providers, and web browser developers, founded in 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1

threeseed 9y ago
Not sure what this comment is supposed to mean. All of that was covered in the article as well.
- thiagocsf 9y ago
  In Reddit, these type of comments are usually upvoted to the top because most users don’t bother reading articles. My guess is that we have a fellow redditor here.
Twirrim 9y ago
Guessing (maybe generously?) at OP's meaning, claims were made in the past about VP8 being royalty free etc, and that turned out to be wrong. It's not clear how much we can trust them this time around. http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/-76781.aspx http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/-76781.aspx http://carlodaffara.conecta.it/an-analysis-of-webm-and-its-patent-risk/ http://carlodaffara.conecta.it/an-analysis-of-webm-and-its-p... http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/patent-clouds-remain-over-vp8-google.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/patent-clouds-remain-over... http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/next-patent-infringement-trial-over.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/next-patent-infringement-...
- shmerl 9y ago
  All of those are quite old sources, and patent claims were refuted. Is there anything newer?
  - Twirrim 9y ago
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-and-mpeg-la-settle-long-running-vp8h-264-patent-dispute/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-and-mpeg-la-settle-long... So far as I can see, that's the final state. Google ended up having to get a license from the MPEG-LA VP8 patent pool.
    - magicalist 9y ago
      from your link: > Google's Serge Lachapelle notes that today's agreement is "not an acknowledgment" that VP8 infringes on any of the patents claimed by MPEG LA https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg06631.html https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg0663...
    - shmerl 9y ago
      Bad for Google, but it's not a proof that they require a license. The court didn't rule on it, so it just shows that they didn't want to fight the troll further.
- sofaofthedamned 9y ago
  There is nothing in there that asserts your claim about VP8 being encumbered by royalties/patents.

by Thaxll 9y ago

threeseed 9y ago

Not sure what this comment is supposed to mean. All of that was covered in the article as well.

thiagocsf 9y ago
In Reddit, these type of comments are usually upvoted to the top because most users don’t bother reading articles. My guess is that we have a fellow redditor here.

Twirrim 9y ago

Guessing (maybe generously?) at OP's meaning, claims were made in the past about VP8 being royalty free etc, and that turned out to be wrong. It's not clear how much we can trust them this time around. http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/-76781.aspx http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/-76781.aspx http://carlodaffara.conecta.it/an-analysis-of-webm-and-its-patent-risk/ http://carlodaffara.conecta.it/an-analysis-of-webm-and-its-p... http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/patent-clouds-remain-over-vp8-google.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/patent-clouds-remain-over... http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/next-patent-infringement-trial-over.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/next-patent-infringement-...

shmerl 9y ago
All of those are quite old sources, and patent claims were refuted. Is there anything newer?
- Twirrim 9y ago
  https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-and-mpeg-la-settle-long-running-vp8h-264-patent-dispute/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-and-mpeg-la-settle-long... So far as I can see, that's the final state. Google ended up having to get a license from the MPEG-LA VP8 patent pool.
  - magicalist 9y ago
    from your link: > Google's Serge Lachapelle notes that today's agreement is "not an acknowledgment" that VP8 infringes on any of the patents claimed by MPEG LA https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg06631.html https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg0663...
  - shmerl 9y ago
    Bad for Google, but it's not a proof that they require a license. The court didn't rule on it, so it just shows that they didn't want to fight the troll further.
sofaofthedamned 9y ago
There is nothing in there that asserts your claim about VP8 being encumbered by royalties/patents.