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-squaremerdaverse@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoRidiculous that the works of Marx, who’s been dead for like 150 years are still copyrighted by someone. But I think that patents are even more absurd than copyright.
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoTechnically it’s just that particular English translation that’s copyrighted. The original text is public domain.
Ridiculous that the works of Marx, who’s been dead for like 150 years are still copyrighted by someone. But I think that patents are even more absurd than copyright.
Technically it’s just that particular English translation that’s copyrighted. The original text is public domain.