- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:17:20 +0300
At 13:21 +0100 25/06/07, Ivo Emanuel Gon?alves wrote: >According to Wikipedia, > >"AT&T is trying to sue companies such as Apple Inc. over alleged >MPEG-4 patent infringement.[1][2][3]" > >I would be fascinated to see a statement from Apple, Inc. regarding this. I regret that we (like most companies) cannot comment on possible pending litigation (fascinating as some of these cases are). Sorry. > >It's also quite interesting that different portions of MPEG-4, >including different sections of video and audio are licensed >separately, so what this means is that any vendor willing to support >MPEG-4 for <video> and <audio> has to locate every patent holder and >pay them. Yes, video and audio are separate; but there are also pools that simplify the position. > >Oh, and will you look at this, Apple, Inc. holds one the patents! US >6,134,243 [4]. So Apple gets money for every single license sold. It's nice that you have done the research and found what we are doing with our patents. Or are you guessing? >How nice. They are attempting to lock vendors into MPEG-4 Pardon? We use it and are happy when others do. *We* are not asking more. It's not us who are proposing any lock or mandate; you might check the Ogg community for that suggestion. Also, you might wonder whether licensing of standards is a net income or cost for us. >and get >money from licenses in the process. Apple, Inc. is no better than >Microsoft. And Ivo is no better than Sylvia. This isn't a very helpful comparison. (Actually, I know Sylvia but regret that I don't think I have ever met you). -- David Singer Apple/QuickTime
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