Comments on: Google strikes deal with MPEG LA for its VP8 video codec http://gigaom.com/2013/03/07/google-mpeg-la-patent-deal-vp8/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:14:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tsahi Levent-Levi http://gigaom.com/2013/03/07/google-mpeg-la-patent-deal-vp8/#comment-1318357 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:01:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=618039#comment-1318357 The next step is trying to nail down VP8 as the mandatory codec for WebRTC.

Now that the questions around patents and royalties required in VP8 has been cleared (at least in the MPEG-LA front), the only problem left is companies with a lot of investments made already around H.264 – and the large install base of products using H.264.

You can see more of the reasoning around these topics here: http://bloggeek.me/webrtc-codec-wars/

]]> By: brucelidl http://gigaom.com/2013/03/07/google-mpeg-la-patent-deal-vp8/#comment-1318336 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:24:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=618039#comment-1318336 Very interesting. I would love to know which companies are part of the eleven in MPEG-LA that have signed on. Apple? Microsoft? I’m sure there are still other companies outside of those that could sue if they have video patents and want to score a payday off of Google.

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