MPEG-LA Further Solidifies Theora as the Only Video Tag Choice
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 31st Jan 2010 14:20 UTC, submitted by lemur2
Internet & Networking Despite the recent interest in adopting HTML5's video tag, there is still one major problem: there is no mandated standard video codec for the video tag. The two main contestants are the proprietary and patended h264, and the open and free Theora. In a comment on an LWN.net article about this problematic situation, LWN reader Trelane posted an email exchange he had with MPEG-LA, which should further cement Theora as the obvious choice.
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lemur2
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2007-02-17

It didn't take long for the popular press to get it completely wrong.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/01flash.html

In addition, the patents surrounding HTML5 are owned by a group of companies; Apple is a part of that group.


Utterly backwards. Completely incorrect.

There are no patents surrounding HTML5, it is a completely open public-access standard. Apple has no ownership interest over HTML5.

Edited 2010-02-01 09:53 UTC

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Zifre Member since:
2009-10-04

Wow... That is definitely the most inaccurate article I've seen in a long time. And it's coming from the New York Times! They should be ashamed of themselves...

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