[M4IF News] MPEG-4 Visual and Systems Licensing Announced!!

[Rob Koenen]

Good to see the discussion start. 
Let's take it to the discuss list from the next mail on.
Let's also note that I am not the originator of this news, only the 
passer-on.
> However, what happens to companies that provide a freely downloadable
> player?
> If I read correctly, they are subject to the $1M/y cap for video and
> $100k/y for Systems, am I correct?

Sounds like it. If you are not in the video surveillance business, you 
may want to add Audio to your system (and you may even like audio 
if you *are* in the surveillance business).
These companies also seem entitled to distribute the first 50,000 systems
for free. But given the fact that you only mention the caps and not the
per en/de-coder royalties, you must be thinking Big.
Rob