Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 10th Mar 2013 13:07 UTC
A few days ago, Google and the MPEG-LA announced that they had come to an agreement under which Google received a license for techniques in VP8 that may infringe upon MPEG-LA patents (note the 'if any'). Only a few days later, we learn the real reason behind Google and the MPEG-LA striking a deal, thanks to The H Open, making it clear that the MPEG-LA has lost. Big time. Update: Chris Montgomery: "The wording suggests Google paid some money to grease this along, and the agreement wording is interesting [and instructive] but make no mistake: Google won. Full stop."
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What about all other uses?
The fact that they are making an exception for a very narrow case should be clear enough.
The rule is you need a license unless you are under 100k views per year. Not you pay if your content view count is over 100k per year.
Legally the two statements are radically different.
It's like say in that this comment if protected by copyright, but I allow you to use it without express permission when quoting me.