Microsoft, Google, Amazon, others, aim for royalty-free video codecs
"Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Intel, Netflix, and Amazon today launched a new consortium, the Alliance for Open Media. The group plans to develop next-generation media formats—including audio and still images, but with video as the top priority—and deliver them as royalty-free open source, suitable for both commercial and noncommercial content." -- source: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/microsoft-google-amazo... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 10:26:05 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
"Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Intel, Netflix, and Amazon today launched a new consortium, the Alliance for Open Media. The group plans to develop next-generation media formats—including audio and still images, but with video as the top priority—and deliver them as royalty-free open source, suitable for both commercial and noncommercial content."
-- source: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/microsoft-google-amazo...
The problem is they cannot guarantee there aren’t other patent vultures who sniff the scent of money and come circling round. We saw this happen with Google’s previous attempt at royalty-free video <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/10001523423/google-proposes-clever-video-codec-license-real-problem-with-patents-remains.shtml>, and the legal situation hasn’t really changed.
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