Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increases
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  • VibeSurgeon@piefed.socialEnglish
    35·
    3 days ago

    These things always happen because of how dumb software patents are. There’s no guarantee the lawsuit will stick, nor do I necessarily expect it to

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      It’s even worse than that: the USPO abrogated their responsibility to evaluate patents for prior art and conflict with other patents to the courts.

      So they just issue patents willy nilly and expect courts to decide which ones ‘win’.