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Given the difficulty and investment involved to engineer and produce codecs - I'd argue those guys deserve every penny of their royalties.
by koolk3ychain 6y ago
Given the difficulty and investment involved to engineer and produce codecs - I'd argue those guys deserve every penny of their royalties.
- Kaze404 6y agoI don't think anyone is saying otherwise. But that doesn't mean people can't come up with a free, better version.
- koolk3ychain 6y agoI patently disagree. Why would anyone with the requisite skills create something this complex knowing they'd never be compensated? Even if they attempted to leverage an open source "enterprise" licensing scheme big corps would likely just use an existing industry proven codec.
- Kaze404 6y agoBecause they want to? Sometimes that's all it takes. Besides, the proposed solution is being developed by multiple corporations who will profit precisely from not having to pay licensing anymore.
- einpoklum 6y agoI say otherwise. It is oppressive and immoral to try to prevent the use of technology by those who have not received permission to use it.
- Kaze404 6y agoI agree, and I'm glad people are taking steps to move away from that :)
- callesgg 6y agoMPEG-la did not create those codecs they just use the patents to make money. The people that actually made the codecs are long gone.
- koolk3ychain 6y agoI respect the patent system and the justice system that backs it. Of course, it's not without issues - but there are agreements and investments those individuals made to hold said patents. Just because it's "not fair" isn't a reason to invalidate the whole system. That being said - fuck patent trolls.