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Show me an entity, any entity, that could be sued for lots and lots of cash, that is using these "unencumbered" algorithms.

• shmerl 14y ago
  You can easily find VP8 used on Youtube. Not big enough? Those predators wouldn't hesitate to sue, if they'd have something to bite with. But they have no teeth.
  • wissler 14y ago
    It's way too early to be suing with merely YouTube, no network effects. Google can easily switch away.
    • shmerl 14y ago
      You can come up with any kind of arguments or guesses about why they don't sue, but the bottom line - they didn't provide any proofs, so their FUD doesn't worth anyone's time, and these codecs can be considered unencumbered and free to use (and that's what's happening to their displeasure).
      • wissler 14y ago
        I think you're engaged in wishful thinking. I wish you were right too.