[M4IF Discuss] What is the REAL advantage?

[Chris Hodge]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Larry Horn wrote:
> 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.

How will this play out for .edu's? Will there be an exemption for
educational institutions who digitize and distribute media (even if we
have cost-recovery fees?)
-c