[opendtv] Re: Coding inefficiencies with interlace
- From: Ron Economos <w6rz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:27 -0800
Maybe. However, Columbia University is still part of the
patent pool.
http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/Licensors.aspx
I know a guy that went to Columbia that gets MPEG-2 royalty
payments directly. It's like a side salary for him. We guess
maybe $50,000 or so a year.
Ron
Allen Le Roy Limberg wrote:
As I recall, a lot of the coding inefficiencies with interlace were suffered
because industry undertook brute force coding methods in order to avoid
having to take license under a Columbia University patent.
Al
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