[xiph-commits] r14301 - in websites/xiph.org/press: . 2007 2007/w3c

Thu Dec 13 00:58:00 PST 2007

Author: xiphmont
Date: 2007-12-13 00:57:59 -0800 (Thu, 13 Dec 2007)
New Revision: 14301

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   websites/xiph.org/press/2007/w3c/index.shtml.en
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   websites/xiph.org/press/index.shtml.en
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Add the HTML5/Ogg W3C Statement to press/



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+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/header.include" -->
+<!--  Enter custom page information and styles here -->
+  <title>December 12, 2007: Xiph.Org Statement Regarding the HTML5 Draft and the Ogg Codec Set</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<!--#include virtual="/common/xiphbar.include" -->
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagetop.include" -->
+<!--  All your page content goes here  -->
+
+<p>Ogg provides a baseline of fully unencumbered, fully open, fully
+documented, fully royalty-free codecs that are lighter-weight than the
+contemporary encumbered solutions while offering comparable or
+superior performance. Ogg is not fantasy or vapourware. It is widely
+deployed, tested, and reviewed. Ogg has already stood the test of time.</p>
+
+<p>Xiph knows of no infringing technology in Ogg. Tens of millions of
+copies have been deployed worldwide over the past ten years in a
+diverse array of software and hardware products from small .orgs like
+Wikimedia <a href="#1">[1]</a> to giant commercial vendors such as
+Samsung <a href="#2">[2]</a> and Microsoft <a href="#3">[3]</a>.  Ogg
+has triggered no litigation to date.</p>
+
+<p>The same cannot be said for MPEG.  Despite the MPEG proponents'
+claims that MPEG-licensed codecs protect against liability, patent
+disputes involving MPEG codecs have occurred as recently as the past
+few months. For example, Lucent v. Gateway <a href="#4">[4]</a> and
+Multimedia Patent Trust v. Microsoft Corp. <a href="#5">[5]</a>.  The
+MPEG-LA's own sublicense disclaimer warns that licensees are not
+protected from patent-related litigation nor are they protected from
+submarine patents. <a href="#6">[6]</a></p>
+
+<p>The W3C has expressed a clear intention to officially define video
+as an integral part of the web by introducing the &lt;video/&gt; tag.
+Up to this point, video on the web has been presented primarily using
+a fragmented array of proprietary extensions powered by encumbered
+formats. Those who cannot use them have been made second-class
+citizens. Failing to standardize on an unencumbered,
+reasonably-performing format is a failure to advance beyond this
+state.</p>
+
+<p>In the interest of interoperability and to prevent large vendor
+lock-in to proprietary methods, we support the W3C's desire
+to adopt the unencumbered technology as the baseline.</p>
+
+<p>Christopher "Monty" Montgomery [and others]
+<br>Director
+<br>Xiph.Org</p>
+
+<p>
+<ol>
+<li><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types</a>
+
+<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A172630%2Cp_4%3ASamsung%2Cp_supported_standards%3AOgg%20Vorbis&page=1">http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A172630%2Cp_4%3ASamsung%2Cp_supported_standards%3AOgg%20Vorbis&page=1</a>
+
+<li>eg, Halo: <a href="http://www.postneo.com/2003/10/14/halo-for-pc-uses-ogg-vorbis">http://www.postneo.com/2003/10/14/halo-for-pc-uses-ogg-vorbis</a>
+<br>Specific features requested by the Halo team were added to the Vorbis
+source tree in commits 4387, 4393, 4404, 4419 and 5222.
+
+<li> _Lucent Technologies, Inc. V. Gateway, Inc._, 2007 Wl 2900484
+(S.D.Cal. Oct 01, 2007)
+
+<li> _Multimedia Patent Trust v. Microsoft Corp._, 2007 WL 2696675
+(S.D.Cal.,2007)
+
+<li> "Moreover, The Mpeg LA sublicensee agreement explicitly warns that
+the MPEG LA pool does not necessarily include all the patents
+necessary to practice the technology and that sublicensee signs the
+agreement aware of such risks." _Lucent Technologies, Inc. V. Gateway,
+Inc._, 2007 Wl 2900484 (S.D.Cal. Oct 01, 2007)
+</ol>
+</p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagebottom.include" -->

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--- websites/xiph.org/press/index.shtml.en	2007-12-12 21:14:14 UTC (rev 14300)
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 <h1 style="margin-top: 0;">Press releases</h1>
 
+<h2>December 12, 2007: Xiph.Org Statement Regarding the HTML5 Draft and the Ogg Codec Set</h2>
+<p> Ogg provides a baseline of fully unencumbered, fully open, fully
+documented, fully royalty-free codecs that are lighter-weight than the
+contemporary encumbered solutions while offering comparable or
+superior performance. Ogg is not fantasy or vapourware. It is widely
+deployed, tested, and reviewed. Ogg has already stood the test of time. ... <a href="2007/w3c/">(read on)</a></p>
+
 <h2>December 6, 2004: Fluendo funds Xiph.org for Vorbis and Theora RTP specifications</h2>
 <p> Fluendo is taking another step towards being able to offer the world
 high-quality streaming using standard royalty-free formats. By giving

