There are similarities, there are differences...
There are similarities, there are differences...
Posted Jul 7, 2009 23:50 UTC (Tue) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)In reply to: There are similarities, there are differences... by khim
Parent article: Ogg codecs dropped from HTML5
> Videocodecs are not unique: there are audio codecs too. That's because it's place where software development mets content distribution. CD, VHS, DVD, ATRAC, MPEG, etc - all these developments are heavily influenced by future royalties and huge firm create and break huge alliances in fight to control future markets. The latest such battle was HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray - have you already forgotten about this? Questions about patents and future royalties figured prominently in the fight.
This is by far the biggest pile of crap big copyright holders are peddling. Even if there was not a patent in site, these would still hold true:
- many people would go and watch films in theatres
- many people would rent media
- many people would buy media
It is not about whether they can make good money on all this. Oh, no! It is about whether they can rip you off for _more_ than they would normally be able to. That's why they want patents - no other reason.
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