MPEG-LA is an option , but only if there is a viable alternative like VP8 there as well.
Like a heroin dealer , MPEG-LA offers the first period of use for FREE, but as soon as everyone is using that CODEC as a defacto standard, back comes the demands for $5 million / year
for anyone to use it in a product.
That means basically no more open-source browsers, no new start-ups, no competition
and only the patent pool members like Microsoft able to deliver video on the Internet.
That's a virtual monopoly for the MPEG-LA patent pool members and less choice for you.
MPEG-LA is an option , but only if there is a viable alternative like VP8 there as well.
Like a heroin dealer , MPEG-LA offers the first period of use for FREE, but as soon as everyone is using that CODEC as a defacto standard, back comes the demands for $5 million / year
for anyone to use it in a product.
That means basically no more open-source browsers, no new start-ups, no competition
and only the patent pool members like Microsoft able to deliver video on the Internet.
That's a virtual monopoly for the MPEG-LA patent pool members and less choice for you.
How is MPEG LA not an option?