<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Richard Morton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard.e.morton@gmail.com">richard.e.morton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
VP8 is likely covered by many H.264 patents - H.264 being the leading HQ codec<br></blockquote><div> <br>Apparently, MPEG-LA and friends would seem to agree.<br><br><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/googles-webm-video-format-might-not-be-so-free-after-all-says">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/googles-webm-video-format-might-not-be-so-free-after-all-says</a><br>
<br>I'm rooting for Google on this one, if cautiously. But then again, I'm one who still holds some hope for Dirac, so take that with the appropriate grain of NaCl.<br><br>$0.02,<br>EW<br></div></div>