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-up1748arrow-down112
arrow-up1736arrow-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
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up248arrow-down1·2 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-up7·2 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