[M4IF Discuss] hourly usage fee for MPEG4

[AVARO Olivier FTRD/DIH/HDM]

> >1- Who will pay for that ? What you propose if FAR from being free.
> >It needs as well lot of time.
>
> I would suggest that a number of companies have done the research
> already. YOu might be surprised what you would learn if you asked.
The research is only part of the work.
But if you think you can make a business out of this, please go for it !
> >2- Without the "good" patented tech. what quality will you reach ?
> >What you gain in the patent fee, you loose it in the bandwidth cost
> >:-)
> Again, if you ask, you may just find that some of the patents issued
> in the '90s are not as essential as you think. The problem is that
> many of the JVT members are going to do everything in their power to
> make certain that the MPEG-2 essential patents ARE used.; they have
> no motivation to examine alternatives, or to reach consensus on an
> alternative approach.
So what ? You don't think that the new stuff has not been patented as well ?
> >3- If one patent is found after the "free standard" is deployed, how
> >do you handle it ?
> Good question. I would think that the current MPEG-2 provisions that
> require the identification of IP while the standard is being created
> would apply. And in the eventuality that an outside party stepped
> forward after the fact, they would be in an inferior position to a
> large group of companies that are trying to further entrench their IP
> in derivative standards.
> Typically these patent bandits can be paid off.
"bandits" ? We leave in a world where ownership of intellectual creation is
recognized as a right (and in your country even more than others so you
should be aware of that). Do you ask as well for content companies to give
their content free ? No, there is no still free lunch in this world. That's
life (but we can still quote "Imagine" as Leonardo did in the last MPEG
plenary ;-)
And I am very suspicious when some people ask to give for free what they
don't own
(OK, I am starting rampant-speculating as well).
cu,
O.