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How do you explain Google trying to use Motorola’s H.264 patents they have FRAND obligations on to screw over the other H.264 licensees? Is it any surprise that
by rlanday 14y ago
How do you explain Google trying to use Motorola’s H.264 patents they have FRAND obligations on to screw over the other H.264 licensees? Is it any surprise that Nokia’s not happy about this?
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/google_to_continue_motorolas_frand_licensing_that_seeks_to_monopolize_h264_umts http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/google_to_continue...
“Google is now in the process of finalizing its $12 billion acquisition of a profitless company that holds at least 17 H.264 patents, an acquisition that it expressly noted was done primarily to "protect the Android ecosystem," despite the fact that Motorola does not appear to have valuable defensive patents applicable to modern smartphones.”
You state “If you use H.264 on your website, you technically owe royalties to the MPEG-LA.” This is incorrect, as long as you’re freely distributing the videos, so you’re also spinning the facts:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/mpeg-la-makes-h-264-video-royalty-free-forever-as-long-as-its/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/mpeg-la-makes-h-264-video...