The open source codecs may accidentally step on something that could be infringing, and MPEG-LA and similar entities are always quick to point that out. The imp

The open source codecs may accidentally step on something that could be infringing, and MPEG-LA and similar entities are always quick to point that out. The implied message is that you're safe when you use codecs under license with MPEG-LA maintained pools. This demonstrates that the MPEG-LA also is no guarantee for patent safety (and if you read their fine print, they never actually claim to be), and so far this new organization is using similar strategies (not listing the patents, and right now, not even the patent owners) which are essentially FUD. That this blows up in the media is not so much terrible for licensors or licensees, but for the pool forming bodies that sit in the middle to seek rent and for the codecs that did benefit from that 'safety'.