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Motorola and its affiliated entities are notably absent

Motorola and its affiliated entities are notably absent

Posted Apr 26, 2011 4:23 UTC (Tue) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048)
In reply to: Motorola and its affiliated entities are notably absent by david.a.wheeler
Parent article: The WebM Community Cross-License Initiative launches

I would agree with you that evidence is required for MPEG LA to collect royalties. The statement their spokesman made to The H Online suggests they're working on just that.

I said "highly unlikely" because the realm of codecs is a terrible patent thicket. Also, in terms of credibility, Google originally claimed that its own patents were sufficient and now presents a 17-member pool, which is in and of itself already a bit inconsistent with the original claim.


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