<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Dave Johnson <<a href="mailto:davefilms.us@gmail.com">davefilms.us@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 22, 2010 10:08:36 PM CDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Tom O'Reilly" <<a href="mailto:TOreilly@mpegla.com">TOreilly@mpegla.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Re: VP8</b><br></span></div><br><div>The royalty free license that Google provides is enough. I see no reason for MPEG-LA to provide a redundant license that must be purchased from your group. I would encourage your group to just leave VP8 and others alone. If only for the good of the internet. The only interest your group could have is a monetary one. Software patents are insidious and only squelch true creativity. Case in point... I can purchase a $3000.00 USD Canon "professional" camcorder and I am granted license for personal use only. Because of the AVCHD or h.264 codec in the camcorder. This is a shame. I want to make a great short video and sell my work. I cannot due to the license. I cannot afford your prices.<br><br>I hope for a "open standard" for hardware that embraces freedom. A camcorder with the hardware that can record a video in VP8 or other royalty free codec. This is my wish. A world without the need for MPEG-LA.<br><br>It may happen... soon.<br><br>Good day.<br>On May 22, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Tom O'Reilly wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear Mr. Johnson,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thank you for writing. We appreciate hearing from you and the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">opportunity to address your question.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">MPEG LA provides pool licenses for many different video codecs such as<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1 and MPEG-4 Part 2. We do not advocate for one<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">over another; rather, we provide one-stop licenses for the convenience<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of video providers and users who make choices among them. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Therefore, our announcement of interest in providing a license for VP8<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">is not a matter of protecting our revenue stream from other codecs (many<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of which are used in parallel). To the extent patent rights held by<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">many patent holders are necessary for VP8, they need to be dealt with<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">whether or not MPEG LA offers a license. Our interest is in pooling<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">them so they may be made available for the convenience of users on the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">same terms under a single license as an alternative to the present<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fragmented way that necessitates individual negotiations with many<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">different patent holders. If we succeed, what it can mean is that<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">there will be a more efficient way for the market to access VP8 patent<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rights, and that translates into broader adoption of VP8 for video<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">providers and consumers like you who choose to use it in providing and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">receiving video services.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If you have additional questions, please let me know. I will be glad to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">answer them.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Best regards,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tom O'Reilly<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Manager Research and Public Relations<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">MPEG LA, LLC<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tel: (303) 200-1710<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Email: <a href="mailto:toreilly@mpegla.com">toreilly@mpegla.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Web: <a href="http://www.mpegla.com">www.mpegla.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Dave Johnson [mailto:davefilms.us@gmail.com] <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:55 PM<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Info-web<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: VP8<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Just how would MPEG LA benefit me? How can MPEG LA be good for me? webM<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with VP8 is a threat to your income apparently. <br></blockquote><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>