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Submarine patents could affect any codecSubmarine patents could affect any codecPosted Jul 6, 2009 21:47 UTC (Mon) by midg3t (subscriber, #30998)In reply to: Ogg codecs dropped from HTML5 by dwmw2 Parent article: Ogg codecs dropped from HTML5
I think the strength in Apple's argument was suggesting that Theora has an uncertain patent landscape. The core of the argument is that every codec has an uncertain patent landscape (remember the trouble with MP3?), so standardising on any codec would put every implementor at risk if there turned out to be patent claims on it. While the result of not standardising on a single codec results in continued codec hell for all internet users, it keeps the lawyers settled.
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Submarine patents could affect any codec Posted Jul 7, 2009 21:41 UTC (Tue) by hingo (guest, #14792) [Link] Also note that this is not Apple's argument alone, but also Nokia's, who uses webkit in their phones. (The no off-the-shelf hw could also come from there, don't know.)
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