> Why would they agree to that anyway? surely individually licensing AV1 patents would be much more profitable? They won't agree to that. They are already not

> Why would they agree to that anyway? surely individually licensing AV1 patents would be much more profitable? They won't agree to that. They are already not agreeing to that. The two options to keep AV1 royalty-free are their claims are found to be invalid in court or they get bought off via a settlement.