commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 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-square36fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down16
arrow-up1424arrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 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.