[MPEGIF News] News on AVC Licensing Terms

[Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)]

MPEGIF News Readers,
One of the nmost hotly debated issues surrounding the adoption of MPEG
technoloy is licensing. The debate recently focused on Advanced Video Coding
licensing, for which the market eagerly seeks reassurances. No doubt, this
will be the issue of many discussions at IBC the coming 5 days.
Yesterday and today, important announcements were made by two agents working
on AVC licensing. Copying from our home page,  <http:///www.m4if.org>
http:///www.m4if.org:
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 <http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_03-09-11_avc.html> Joint Patent License for
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Continues to Advance; MPEG LA and Essential IP Owners to
Meet Twice in September [MPEG LA, 11 Sept 03]
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<http://www.vialicensing.com/news/via_pr_0309_PreliminaryAVCLicenseTermsPR.h
tml> Via Licensing Announces Preliminary AVC Licensing Terms [Via Licensing,
12 Sept 03]
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<http://www.vialicensing.com/news/via_pr_0309_PreliminaryAVCLicenseTermsPR.h
tml> Preliminary Licensing Terms for AVC from VIA Licensing [Via Licensing,
12 Sept 03]
While I will leave it to the reader to read and interpret the news, I will
say that it is encouraging to see that licensors understand the urgence of
getting this resolved, and it is equally encouraging that the concerns over
the MPEG-4 part 2 joint license are apparently recognized and addressed.
Kind Regards,
Rob
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