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MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Jan 28, 2010 15:42 UTC (Thu) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141)
Parent article: Blizzard: HTML5 video and H.264 - what history tells us and why we're standing with the web

Go to

and look for the exhibits at the bottom

AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE
MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE

That should provide for interesting reading.

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MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 2, 2010 16:17 UTC (Tue) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141) [Link]

I extracted the AVC patent portfolio license and put it online for easy reference:

MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 2, 2010 16:43 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

Thanks for the digging. Yay facts! :)

MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 2, 2010 16:49 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

Pretty much backs up the assertion above that it's based on units, not sales for codecs.

MPEG LA AVC/H.264 patent license text

Posted Feb 3, 2010 10:39 UTC (Wed) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141) [Link]

Also see the section about minimum volume and minimal fees, i.e. 0.