MPEG LA is mad at Microsoft for coming up with a better video codec than they offer (MPEG-4), and then licensing it more cheaply than they do. Microsoft of course wants to crush MPEG and turn every video device around into a revenue producer for themselves. Consumers lose either way.
Microsoft v MPEG LA
January 12, 2003
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