commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoFirm 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 increawww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up1735arrow-down10 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1735arrow-down1external-linkFirm 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 increawww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square156linkfedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·28 days agoSoftware and business method patents have always been bullshit. Patent the machine, not how you use it. Software is just instructions to a machine.
Software and business method patents have always been bullshit.
Patent the machine, not how you use it. Software is just instructions to a machine.