[M4IF Discuss] Slashdot discussion of Salon article

[Mikael Bourges-Sevenier]

Hi,
Are you surprised? For most people, MPEG-4 is just a video codec, widely
popular thanks to Microsoft and DivX.
MPEG-LA licensing terms created lots of 'heated' discussions around video.
But if people know MPEG-4 mostly for its video part and might be looking for
alternatives in video then, they might also look for alternatives for other
parts by fear of propagation of such terms. Isn't what we 'decode' from
these articles? 
What is MPEG-LA reaction? Do they plan to do something about the turmoil
they created? When will we know the terms for the other profiles? I guess it
might take ages with 19 or so video profiles, 10 or so audio profiles and 8
or so systems profiles... But maybe not: if people look at alternatives,
there might not even be need for licensing terms and MPEG-LA. Time will
tell.
Cheers,
Mikael Bourges-Sevenier
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin   lists.m4if.org 
> [mailto:discuss-admin   lists.m4if.org] On Behalf Of Ben Waggoner
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2024 6:15 PM
> To: discuss   lists.m4if.org
> Subject: [M4IF Discuss] Slashdot discussion of Salon article
> 
> 
> Folks,
> 
>     Here's a link to the rather active Slashdot discussion of 
> the same article.  Lots of people aren't getting it - they 
> think MPEG-4 is just a codec.
> 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/030213
Ben Waggoner
Interframe Media <http://www.interframemedia.com>
Digital Video Compression Consulting, Training, and Encoding
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