[M4IF Discuss] What is the REAL advantage?

[Larry Horn]

Hello, Vasanth.
In the case of the so-called "use" fees, royalties follow remuneration:
If a service provider or content provider/owner receives remuneration in
connection with offering/providing the MPEG-4 video for viewing or
having the video viewed, then royalties are charged for the use of such
MPEG-4 video data.  If there is no remuneration to the service provider
or content provider/owner in connection with offering/providing the
MPEG-4 video for viewing or having the video viewed as in the case of
the private communications that you describe, however, then the use fee
does not apply; rather, the encoder that encodes such content must be
licensed and the applicable royalty paid.
Regards,
Larry Horn
MPEG LA
-----Original Message-----
From: Vasanth Shreesha [mailto:vasanth   pav.research.panasonic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2024 2:51 PM
To: discuss   lists.m4if.org
Subject: RE: [M4IF Discuss] What is the REAL advantage?
Hello all,
        How about licensing in a P2P network? Can consumers encode MPEG4
content
and transmit it to their friends/family without paying the 2 cents/hour
license fee?
-vasanth 
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Vasanth Shreesha                                
Panasonic AVC American Laboratory, Inc. 
http://www.pavcal.com