commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square159linkfedilinkarrow-up1746arrow-down112 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1734arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square159linkfedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoPatents are a way to spread knowledge, whole still offering some [time limited] protections. Before them, trade secrets were the norm, and way too much knowledge was lost with it’s creators.
Patents are a way to spread knowledge, whole still offering some [time limited] protections. Before them, trade secrets were the norm, and way too much knowledge was lost with it’s creators.