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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FCC Video Device Innovation Notice: We Need an Open Video Internet!
December 14, 2009 – 11:02 pm | No Comment
FCC Video Device Innovation Notice: We Need an Open Video Internet!

The FCC Video Device Innovation Notice [1] asks one of the most fundamentally central questions to the prospect of not only a viable Broadband Plan for America, but also to the very future of the …

Royalty free codec standards — don’t settle for less
December 9, 2009 – 10:37 pm | No Comment
Royalty free codec standards — don’t settle for less

After a lively debate, the IETF appears to be moving forward with a royalty-free audio codec standardization activity.  Here’s to its successful launch and positive outcome.
I’ve put a brief summary at the mpegrf.com site, and …

A Royalty-Free MPEG: It’s Time for ISO and ITU to Deliver
December 7, 2009 – 10:49 pm | 3 Comments
A Royalty-Free MPEG: It’s Time for ISO and ITU to Deliver

In late 2001, to much industry enthusiasm, H.264 and MPEG-4 AVC were launched as the world’s unifying codec family in a joint project between ITU and ISO/MPEG with the undertaking that the “JVT [Joint Video …