> why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA? Maybe Broadcom didn't feel like joining the extortionist pool but preferred to extort the format into uselessnes

> why is it not part of the pool from MPEG-LA? Maybe Broadcom didn't feel like joining the extortionist pool but preferred to extort the format into uselessness all on its own? There are precious few ways to mandate licensing of a patent of a third party, and MPEG-LA (now Via LA) license pools aren't one of those ways.