commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down111 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1739arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square158linkfedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up249·6 months agoThe patents have expired everywhere except USA, Brazil and Malaysia. This is a blatant money grab before they expire everywhere.
minus-squareBig Baby Thor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoBut you then are forced to move to the US
The patents have expired everywhere except USA, Brazil and Malaysia.
This is a blatant money grab before they expire everywhere.
But you then are forced to move to the US