commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days 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-up1746arrow-down111
arrow-up1735arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squarechisel@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoAye, but AV1 uses math to make the videos smaller, which is the same technology h.264 uses, so clearly it’s patent infringement!
minus-squareSirEDCaLot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoThis is why software patents were a horrible idea. We were all warned. Still, I thought the whole objective of AV1 was to avoid any incumbrances.
Aye, but AV1 uses math to make the videos smaller, which is the same technology h.264 uses, so clearly it’s patent infringement!
This is why software patents were a horrible idea. We were all warned.
Still, I thought the whole objective of AV1 was to avoid any incumbrances.