▲ 716 ▼ Firm 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 increa (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 7 months ago by commander@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 132 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 62 points 7 months ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children) I'm gonna go patent Marxism lol. Maybe I'll patent irony at the same time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ridiculous that the works of Marx, who's been dead for like 150 years are still copyrighted by someone. But I think that patents are even more absurd than copyright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Technically it's just that particular English translation that's copyrighted. The original text is public domain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children) I'm gonna go patent Marxism lol. Maybe I'll patent irony at the same time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ridiculous that the works of Marx, who's been dead for like 150 years are still copyrighted by someone. But I think that patents are even more absurd than copyright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Technically it's just that particular English translation that's copyrighted. The original text is public domain. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ridiculous that the works of Marx, who's been dead for like 150 years are still copyrighted by someone. But I think that patents are even more absurd than copyright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Technically it's just that particular English translation that's copyrighted. The original text is public domain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ridiculous that the works of Marx, who's been dead for like 150 years are still copyrighted by someone. But I think that patents are even more absurd than copyright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Technically it's just that particular English translation that's copyrighted. The original text is public domain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Technically it's just that particular English translation that's copyrighted. The original text is public domain. permalink fedilink source parent