Steve of Elbows has mentioned this day several times. H264 will now officially be royalty free to users for a little while longer. My cynical read: they're trying to make sure H264 is the video standard online...then they can charge out the wazoo.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/03/1528242/MPEG-LA-Extends-H264-Royalty-Free-Period "The MPEG LA has extended their royalty-free license (PDF) for 'Internet > Video that is free to end users' until the end of 2016. This means > webmasters who are registered MPEG LA licensees will not have to pay a > royalty to stream H.264 video for the next six years. However the last > patent in the H.264 portfolio expires in 2028, and the MPEG LA has not > released what fees, if any, it will charge webmasters after this 'free > trial' period is over." > Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
