From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:55:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: New posting.
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+Title: Terms of use for video produced by a Canon IXUS 130 digital camera
+Tags: english, nuug, fildeling, multimedia, opphavsrett, personvern, standard, video, web
+Date: 2010-09-09 23:55
+
+<p>A few days ago I had the mixed pleasure of bying a new digital
+camera, a Canon IXUS 130.  It was instructive and very disturbing to
+be able to verify that also this camera producer have the nerve to
+specify how I can or can not use the videos produced with the camera.
+Even thought I was aware of the issue, the options with new cameras
+are limited and I ended up bying the camera anyway.  What is the
+problem, you might ask?  It is software patents, MPEG-4, H.264 and the
+MPEG-LA that is the problem, and our right to record our experiences
+that is at risk.
+
+<p>On page 27 of the Danish instruction manual, this section is
+written:</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>This product is licensed under AT&T patents for the MPEG-4 standard
+and may be used for encoding MPEG-4 compliant video and/or decoding
+MPEG-4 compliant video that was encoded only (1) for a personal and
+non-commercial purpose or (2) by a video provider licensed under the
+AT&T patents to provide MPEG-4 compliant video.</p>
+
+<p>No license is granted or implied for any other user for MPEG-4
+standard.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>In short, the camera producer have choosen to use technology
+(MPEG-4/H.264) that is only provided if I used it for personal and
+non-commercial purposes, or ask for permission from the organisations
+holding the knowledge monopoly (patent) for technices used.</p>
+
+<p>This issue has been brewing for a while, and I recommend you to
+read
+"<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA">Why
+Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the
+MPEG-LA</a>" by Eugenia Loli-Queru and
+"<a href="http://webmink.com/2010/09/03/h-264-and-foss/">H.264 Is Not
+The Sort Of Free That Matters</a>" by Simon Phipps to learn more about
+the issue.  The solution is to support the
+<a href="http://www.digistan.org/open-standard:definition">free and
+open standards</a> for video, like <a href="http://www.theora.org/">Ogg
+Theora</a>, and avoid MPEG-4 and H.264 if you can.</p>