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- Siemens holding one of the key patents in video codecs surprises me. I am not technically savvy, but I thought telecom infrastructure or direct media companies would hold the most important patents on this.
- Are patents a necessary evil?by unfitted2545
- Brazil? Why a Brazilian patent is of such a significant interest elsewhere?by senshan
- > MPEG-4 Part 2
Yes, if you care about the DVD-era still. If not, this expiry doesn't have a big impact on anything.
by nnevatie - Discussion on the news in July: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969635
- I remember DivX fondly. Even on dialup, picture quality was just phenomenal. Web tv watching was actually doable after this
edit: I am talking about divx web player
by nashashmi - What other tech patents did we somewhat resent being patented that are now expired?
I'm also thinking about the click wheel; I got one of my kids a knockoff iPod for Christmas last year.
Can other e-commerce sites legally "one-click" to purchase like Amazon now?!?
by Brendinooo - > The videos we watch on modern systems using H.264/AVC tech are running off MPEG-4 Part 10, and that is still very much covered by patents.
I dispute "very much". It came out in 2004 and almost all the patents are gone.
by Dylan16807