[opendtv] Re: News: Is Apple Planning A Move Against Ogg Theora?
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 16:17:16 -0400
At 1:56 PM -0500 5/3/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
I hope the irony is not being lost here, in all these squabbles
about which codec to use as THE standard. It wasn't long ago that
the nay-sayers were railing against ATSC for not being "flexible."
Chuckles.
What irony?
The folks in the ATSC patent pool knew what they were doing in the
early '90s. They patented everything in site, including all kinds of
stuff that was or was about to be in the public domain. They made
certain that they did the same for the h.264 codec.
In all likelihood it will be MPEG-LA or a few of the usual suspects
(not Apple) who will go after Ogg and anyone else who tries to create
a royalty free video codec. They went after Microsoft, which tried to
give VC-3 to SMPTE.
Regards
Craig
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