commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down111 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square159fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoIt’s an outdated legalism. 250 years ago, the patent office operated as an incentive to record and register ideas to the public in exchange for exclusive commercial license. Now that simply isn’t an issue
It’s an outdated legalism. 250 years ago, the patent office operated as an incentive to record and register ideas to the public in exchange for exclusive commercial license.
Now that simply isn’t an issue