Co-founder of MPEG bemoans patent licensing issues

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32 pointsmodeless3 comments

‘It was good when we were the only group getting money but now that other people want a piece of the pie I don’t like the system anymore’

MPEG-LA has nothing to do with the MPEG group, besides some of the same companies participating.

It's not that simple.

MPEG adopt a "patent-blind" process. This incentivized the contributors to inject as many frivolous patents as possible into the codecs. The contributors then use vehicles like MPEG-LA to collect on the patents that MPEG let them include.

MPEG and MPEG-LA are two sides of the same coin.

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