commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square148fedilinkarrow-up1718
arrow-up1718external-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 · 2 days agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 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.