The Wall Street Journal reports MPEG-LA's statement to try to prevent Google's VP8 codec from spreading is the reason of the interest of the US Department of Justice.
Read more »Mozilla Avoids MPEG-LA’s Latest Poison Pill and Rejects Patents Just Like Samba Does
Mozilla maintains its anti-patents stance and Red Hat could take a lesson from Mozilla
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As Promised, Google Delivers GPL Compatibility and GNU/Linux Starts Embedding VP8/WebM Support
Why the next version of your Web browser, media player or GNU/Linux distribution will probably contain VP8/WebM code; Apple and MPEG-LA continue to be the main barriers to VP8/WebM adoption
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Mozilla Says It’s Totally Fine to Ship VP8/WebM, or They Wouldn’t Ship It
Mozilla is not afraid of MPEG-LA and it will calmly support Google's new codec; perhaps so should everyone else
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Alexandre Oliva Explains Why the Patent Troll Larry Horn (MPEG Cartel) is Bluffing
One possible explanation of why preparatory statements are intended to just cause fear and uncertainty MR. Alexandre Oliva writes: "here's how I know MPEG-LA is bluffing with its FUD against WebM"
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Why Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the MPEG-LA
We've all heard how the h.264 is rolled over on patents and royalties. Even with these facts, I kept supporting the best-performing "delivery" codec in the market, which is h.264. "Let the best win", I kept thinking. But it wasn't until very recently when I was made aware that the problem is way deeper. No, my friends.
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