[M4IF Discuss] RE: [M4IF News] MPEG-4 Visual and Systems Licensing Announced!!

[Mikael Bourges-Sevenier]

> > However, what happens to companies that provide a freely 
> downloadable 
> > player? If I read correctly, they are subject to the $1M/y cap for 
> > video and $100k/y for Systems, am I correct?
> 
> Sounds like it. If you are not in the video surveillance 
> business, you 
> may want to add Audio to your system (and you may even like audio 
> if you *are* in the surveillance business).
> 
> These companies also seem entitled to distribute the first 
> 50,000 systems for free. But given the fact that you only 
> mention the caps and not the per en/de-coder royalties, you 
> must be thinking Big.

These days, an internet player with 'cool' contents can easily reach
50000 installs/year even though many of them are often installed for few
days and removed. Then the million dollar question: is there a 30-day
money back guarantee? Just kidding ;-)
Mike