[vorbis] [Fwd: Re: File formats (RE: MP4 Player Available for Download)]

[Jeff Shaw]

>From what I hear it is becuase mpeg4 is so incredibly complicated. I
remember reading somewhere that it took microsoft like 2 years to make their
mpeg4 codec.

-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Al" <marco at simplex.nl>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] [Fwd: Re: File formats (RE: MP4 Player Available for
Download)]

> From: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme at 21rst-century.com>
>
> > > Exactly like for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 there is a patent pool system
> > > to make MPEG-4 licensing really easy
> > > ( see http://www.mpegla.com and http://www.m4if.org).
>
> Hmmm? MPEG-4 is already at version 3, and even now there isnt even a
> comprehensive pool for the entire spec if Im to believe m4if's site...
moving
> along nicely. The fact of the matter is that MPEG's method of making
standards
> precludes any certainty of _anyone at all_ being able to use one.
>
> Is it a coincedence that the only one to ship "MPEG-4"  till recently was
m$? Or
> was it by chance because noone in their right mind would go after them in
court
> in a heavy handed way? (whereas a small outfit being as bold would have
had
> their ass handed to them on a plate)
>
> Marco
>
>
>
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