Problem or Opportunity? Steve Jobs on Standardizing Royalty Free Codecs
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Problem or Opportunity? Steve Jobs on Standardizing Royalty Free Codecs
June 3, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment

As readers of this blog know, I am a long-time proponent of royalty-free standardization as the best option for open Web media, preferable to informal, vendor-run open-sourcing of undocumented or unreviewed Intellectual Property Rights.
MPEG, an …

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Mozilla Foundation Invests in Open Video
January 27, 2009 – 3:50 pm | No Comment

Open video — specifically open, royalty-free video and media formats — got a boost when Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday it is providing $100K to support development of improved Theora encoders and more powerful playback …

Hey Obama: Rethink Digital Television
January 21, 2009 – 7:31 pm | 5 Comments
Hey Obama: Rethink Digital Television

“American consumers will purchase more than 45 million DTVs
and will be overcharged more than one billion dollars in the
crucial digital transition years of 2008 and 2009 alone”
What?  The transition to digital TV is a massive …

Royalty-Free Java DTV Specification Released for Brazil and the World
January 12, 2009 – 2:03 pm | 8 Comments

Sun Microsystems has released a royalty-free Java specification as an alternative to the royalty-encumbered “GEM” and “MHP” family of digital TV specifications developed by the European Digital Video Broadcasting group and associated groups.
“GEM” and “MHP” …