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BJG145

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DSLR Legalities
#831370 - 05/05/10 07:45 AM

Anyone planning to shoot stuff on a DSLR might be interested in the following caveat:

http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Cul ture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA

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J G Harding
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Re: DSLR Legalities new

[Re: BJG145]
#831461 - 05/05/10 02:33 PM

Here's a related piece: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000101-264.html

At the end he says there's not much to worry about! Seems like a case covering their backs with the wording to me. MPEG-LA hold licenses to many other codecs too, one would think that if it were really as big an issue as your link states, it'd affect the whole list:
http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Intro.aspx

Here is an interesting piece showing MPEG LA backing down on one area of licensing:

http://www.betanews.com/article/H264-licensing-body-wont-charge-royalties- for-HTML5-other-Web-streams/1265237599

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BJG145

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Re: DSLR Legalities new

[Re: J G Harding]
#831541 - 05/05/10 08:51 PM

Quote J G Harding:

Here's a related piece: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000101-264.html

At the end he says there's not much to worry about! Seems like a case covering their backs with the wording to me.

Probably - although in relation to the current SOS, that article does say that: "An H.264 license would be needed, though, for a band making and selling its own concert video disc"...

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