Ah, you beat me to it Casper :-). Good news though, and nice to see
Ogg/Theora get some thanks for working with Google rather than getting
dumped on which seems to happen from most people :-). Open source can
change the rules, let's see if it does.

On May 19, 9:31 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All of which only requires that it be wildly, obviously better than
> > 264, in order to justify such a migration, meaning it needs to have
> > profound advantages other than its political correctness among
> > everything-should-be-free advocates who, beyond their politics, don't
> > know anything about digital media.  Oh, and not get sued for patent
> > infringement anyways, whether or not it's true, by bottom-feeding
> > lawyers and their idiot juror allies in the infamous west Texas
> > district, who'd love a slice of that Google cash cow.
>
> > Not gonna happen. Zero chance. Move on.
>
> So it happened. Google releases the VP8 video codec and calls for an
> open-source audio/video stack (VP8 + Vorbis) WebM. All youtube content
> above 720p being converted and support for all major browsers being
> worked on. I'm cheering for the unicorns and refuse to move on. I'd
> like to be able to buy a video camera and not be subject to various
> mutating restrictions a la what Apple excels at coming up with.
>
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