Is H.264 a legal minefield for video pros?
 

Here is a link to an interesting cnet article regarding the license terms oh the H.264 codec.

Is H.264 a legal minefield for video pros? | Deep Tech - CNET News

I'm wondering: Where do I send my two cents, and can I "bank up" my fees and mail them one big check at the end of the year?

All we need is more legal speak.

Oh well....
Start using x264...Just as good, fast, and legal as any professional software out there..

Most will never notice the fees their duplication/replicator outfit pays per disc. Should be buried in the price he charges you to do his work. Two cents is hardly worth worrying about!

And if you're doing 50-100 wedding videos, who in the world would ever even know or even care? That's about the most unenforceable thing I can think of.

If we're at the level of needing to worry about that, we're in need of some major boycotts to clip some multinational wings...

I've had it with all these legal shenanigans. As of today, I will only be distributing my work via flipbook.

Time to go stock up on paper and ink...

I've just developed a new workflow that actually uses a 35mm film camera with a close focusing adapter on the rear LCD screen of a 5dmk2. That way I can get the film look without having to pay any licensing fees for codecs or deal with Quicktime, can go right to film raw DIT.

I can't keep up! I think camera manufacturers license camera stabilization from Canon (I stress that I think this to be right, but I'm not 100% sure), and I believe companies also license 24p, MPEG-2, etc.

Like I said, I can't keep up with it.

Heath