This is an example of what we get when a potential new technology is turned into a patent minefield. It's very hard to get anything done in the field of video e

This is an example of what we get when a potential new technology is turned into a patent minefield. It's very hard to get anything done in the field of video encoding without having someone with a law degree on the team. Mr. Steve Jobs said it roughly this way: "all video codecs are patented". Makes me sad :(