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Submarine patent lawsuits have the same probability for both of them. But guaranteed patent leeching applies only to HEVC. So HEVC has only downsides, no upside
by shmerl 4y ago
Submarine patent lawsuits have the same probability for both of them. But guaranteed patent leeching applies only to HEVC. So HEVC has only downsides, no upsides in comparison.
- chrisseaton 4y agoIf you've paid for HEVC you can say 'hey, I tried to do the right thing'. If you don't pay for AV1 it looks like you were trying to avoid doing the right thing.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> If you don't pay for AV1 it looks like you were trying to avoid doing the right thing. No it doesn't.
- shmerl 4y agoThat sounds like "if you paid your racketeer, you can expect you'll be OK". However tomorrow you can get an additional racketeer to the first and both will demand payment then. First won't care to protect you from the second. Unlike mob protection racket they aren't exclusive. The right thing here is use something that doesn't have a default protection racket attached.
- chrisseaton 4y agoI wasn't personally endorsing it - I was explaining how some people think.
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- LeoPanthera 4y ago> Submarine patent lawsuits have the same probability for both of them. Frankly, I don't believe this, if only because HEVC has been around for much longer, and if this was going to happen, it already would have. The patent pool situation is a little messy, as there are two possible pools, but given how ubiquitous the codec is now, most companies seem to be figuring it out.
- shmerl 4y ago> Frankly, I don't believe this You can't prove the opposite anyway. Whole "submarine patent" thing is just a speculative fear. You can't quantify it. So it applies to both in case someone has paranoia. But as above, in case of HEVC it's complemented with guaranteed protection racket fees for the likes of MPEG-LA. So HEVC is worse in the end.