Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 10th Mar 2013 13:07 UTC

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2010-10-05
Do you seriously believe that? If MPEG LA had any ground to stand on, they'd be running the pool themselves, deciding the licensing terms and rates (they'd never allow free sublicensing) and getting their fee. Just like they do for VC1, Microsoft's codec that Microsoft originally wanted to be royalty free.
What likely happened here is, Google approached those 11 patent holders and agreed on licensing deals with them. This left MPEG LA without anyone in their pool. Google then offered MPEG LA to sign an agreement, allowing MPEG LA to save face and maybe get some fee, in return for discontinuing the pool.