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Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process

Matt Fredrickson <creslin@digium.com> Thu, 21 November 2013 22:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process
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Isn't the point to pick a codec old enough that the codec standard
itself should be considered prior art on any claims made against it?

Matthew Fredrickson

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Stefan Slivinski
<sslivinski@lifesize.com> wrote:
> Having some experience with patent trolls I have come to the realization
> that if you have means they will sue you for pretty much anything even if
> you do not actually infringe on their patents. You are then in the position
> of fighting them or paying them off.
>
> I think it is naïve to believe you can ever completely avoid IPR by picking
> some archaic codec. I think we need to come up with a different solution to
> defend against infringement claims rather than trying to avoid them
>
>
> From: Justin Uberti [mailto:juberti@google.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 04:31 PM
> To: Cullen Jennings <fluffy@iii.ca>
> Cc: rtcweb@ietf.org <rtcweb@ietf.org>
> Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process
>
> Even the proposal that recommended H.264 as MTI indicated that the technical
> merit of the currently proposed codecs is equivalent, and the fundamental
> question is IPR.
> http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/88/slides/slides-88-rtcweb-8.pdf
>
> Put another way, if the alleged IPR issues associated with either H.264 or
> VP8 disappeared overnight, this discussion would be instantly over.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Cullen Jennings <fluffy@iii.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2013, at 12:36 PM, Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> > That said, I think the general understanding here is that this is no
>> > longer a technical decision.
>> >
>>
>> I'll note that some people strongly disagree with this is not a technical
>> decision but there are others who do think it is is no longer a technical
>> decision.
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