[M4IF Discuss] Questions about the hourly usage fee for MPEG4

[Rob Koenen]

Thanks Jeff.
M4IF will shortly revive its dormant 'Licensing WG4' which has studied
models
for licensing. It's charter is to come up with alternatives for the
licensors
to consider. 
With the remark that I assume your encoding fee to only apply to 
"for-remuneration-content" I'll leave it to others to comment for the
moment.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Handy [mailto:jeffh   bisk.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2024 7:03
> To: discuss   lists.m4if.org
> Subject: RE: [M4IF Discuss] Questions about the hourly usage fee for
> MPEG4
> 
> 
> I haven't seen any "real" alternative ideas to the use fees.  
> What about
> this?  A one time encoding fee per minute.  
> 
> For the sake of example, we are charged $.01/minute of 
> encoded material.
> IOW, if I encode 20 hours of footage, I pay $12 in royalties.
> 
> This model would be easier to monitor and bill as well.  It would
> require the encoder developers to have a reporting mechanism 
> similar to
> a serial number checking routine that some developers already employ.
> It would have to keep an encrypted record of all encoding activity.  I
> know this leaves room for some pirates to "block" the transmission of
> billing info.  However, I think it's an acceptable risk.  The majority
> of content developers work on the up and up anyway.
> 
> A report would automatically be retrieved at specified 
> intervals and go
> directly to the MPEG-LA.  The fees would occur only once per 
> encode.  So
> you aren't paying for "views" or "viewers".  If your material was not
> encoded well and had to be redone, specific encoding charges can be
> disputed.
> 
> However, if you want to encode five bit rates, you pay for 
> five encodes.
> After all, you ARE encoding different bit rates to reach a greater
> audience, no?  So, using my example from above (20 hours 
> @$.01/min) five
> bit rate encodes would cost me $60.
> 
> These are just some of the thoughts I've had over the past week or so.
> Is it making any sense?
> 
> 
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