commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square133fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down110
arrow-up1707arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square133fedilink
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·3 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.