Mozilla's VP-of-Engineering explains on his blog: http://shaver.off.net/diary/2010/01/23/html5-video-and-codecs/
Vimeo and YouTube seem to believe that reliance on proprietary plugins for > video is a problem on the web. Mozilla believes that reliance on > patent-encumbered formats is a problem on the web. Whos right? Both groups > are, in this case; that we can attack, from different perspectives, the > multifacted problem of freeing video on the web is an example of the > distributed innovation that has made the web such a powerful and popular > platform. > > For Mozilla, H.264 is not currently a suitable technology choice. In many > countries, it is a patented technology, meaning that it is illegal to use > without paying license fees to the MPEG-LA. Without such a license, it is > not legal to use or distribute software that produces or consumes > H.264-encoded content. Indeed, even distributing H.264 content over the > internet or broadcasting it over the airwaves requires the consent of the > MPEG-LA, and the current fee exemption for free-to-the-viewer internet > delivery is only in effect until the end of 2010. > Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
