On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 01:29, Richard Lockwood
wrote:
> Use a PC.
>
> Macs are consumer hardware - and it's never been suggested that
> they're anything else.
Er, eh?
Are we talking about the same thing, here?
_iPads and iPhones_ are consumer hardware, no shadow of a doubt.
OTOH, Apple has qui
Christopher Woods wrote:
Nothing changes - H.264 for Internet Broadcast has been free,
but was due to require a paid license as of this year.
MPEG-LA have extended the free period for 5 years.
(The BBC probably _does_ have a license for the AVC family,
but it wouldn't affect this).
Any idea
Use a PC.
Macs are consumer hardware - and it's never been suggested that
they're anything else.
Don't forget, the vast majority of people want their computer to "just
work" - and that means: email, web browsing, basic word processing and
maybe a spreadsheet. Oh, and handling their digital photo
Tim Dobson wrote:
Thoughts on postcard?
My postcard only has tickboxes for 'wish you were here', 'having a
lovely time' and 'Had a lovely time at iDisney', all the rest of the
card is too slippery to write on, what do I do?
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Original Message
Subject: [GeekUp] Fwd: Slashdot| Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:56:22 +
From: Paul Robinson
To: GeekUp
I saw this over on the Open Manufacturing list, and figured as so many
here are:
a) Tinkerers
b) Ad
Think the adobe media encoders come with licenses as standard
Would suspect the akamai media cdn servers also have there licenses covered
in any case,
Ant
On 04/02/2010 18:32, "Christopher Woods" wrote:
>
>> Nothing changes - H.264 for Internet Broadcast has been free,
>> but was due to requ
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 18:32, Christopher Woods
wrote:
> Any idea why the MPEG-LA did this then? Seems to be quite an about-turn
> given everyoen was bracing for enforced commercial licensing...
A sudden outbreak of common sense?
Given the fees that were being mooted, enough people to make a
di
> Nothing changes - H.264 for Internet Broadcast has been free,
> but was due to require a paid license as of this year.
> MPEG-LA have extended the free period for 5 years.
>
> (The BBC probably _does_ have a license for the AVC family,
> but it wouldn't affect this).
Any idea why the MPEG-L
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 17:09, Christopher Woods
wrote:
> So how does this affect the Beeb? Because effectively licencepayers are
> paying for the iPlayer service as part of the portfolio even though its
> usage doesn't require a licence... Or has the BBC always paid licence fees
> for the use of
> Surprised nobody posted about this already :)
>
> From the MPEG LA:
>
> MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License
> will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that
> is free to end users (known as Internet Broadcast AVC Video)
> during the next License term
Surprised nobody posted about this already :)
>From the MPEG LA:
MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will
continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that is free to
end users (known as Internet Broadcast AVC Video) during the next
License term from January 1, 20
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