Web Video Rivalry Sparks U.S. Probe (WSJ)
Web Video Rivalry Sparks U.S. Probe (WSJ)
[Announcements] Posted Mar 4, 2011 14:33 UTC (Fri) by corbet
The Wall Street Journal has posted an
article stating that the MPEG LA is under investigation in the US for
its attempt to build a patent pool to attack the VP8 codec. "The
probe, which pits Google and open-source software advocates against some
technology giants like Apple, could help determine whether anyone will own
rights over the creation and broadcast of online video in the next major
Web programming language, called HTML 5. At stake is 'who is going to have
competitive clout in the world after television,' said Eben Moglin [sic], a
Columbia University professor who supports free and open software.
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