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  15      <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/">Petter Reinholdtsen</a>
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  23       <div class="title">Do you need an agreement with MPEG-LA to publish and broadcast H.264 video in Norway?</div>
  24       <div class="date">25th August 2014</div>
  25       <div class="body"><p>Two years later, I am still not sure if it is legal here in Norway
  26 to use or publish a video in H.264 or MPEG4 format edited by the
  27 commercially licensed video editors, without limiting the use to
  28 create "personal" or "non-commercial" videos or get a license
  29 agreement with <a href="http://www.mpegla.com">MPEG LA</a>.  If one
  30 want to publish and broadcast video in a non-personal or commercial
  31 setting, it might be that those tools can not be used, or that video
  32 format can not be used, without breaking their copyright license.  I
  33 am not sure.
  34 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Trenger_en_avtale_med_MPEG_LA_for___publisere_og_kringkaste_H_264_video_.html">Back
  35 then</a>, I found that the copyright license terms for Adobe Premiere
  36 and Apple Final Cut Pro both specified that one could not use the
  37 program to produce anything else without a patent license from MPEG
  38 LA.  The issue is not limited to those two products, though.  Other
  39 much used products like those from Avid and Sorenson Media have terms
  40 of use are similar to those from Adobe and Apple.  The complicating
  41 factor making me unsure if those terms have effect in Norway or not is
  42 that the patents in question are not valid in Norway, but copyright
  43 licenses are.</p>
  44
  45 <p>These are the terms for Avid Artist Suite, according to their
  46 <a href="http://www.avid.com/US/about-avid/legal-notices/legal-enduserlicense2">published
  47 end user</a>
  48 <a href="http://www.avid.com/static/resources/common/documents/corporate/LICENSE.pdf">license
  49 text</a> (converted to lower case text for easier reading):</p>
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  51 <p><blockquote>
  52 <p>18.2. MPEG-4. MPEG-4 technology may be included with the
  53 software. MPEG LA, L.L.C. requires this notice: </p>
  54
  55 <p>This product is licensed under the MPEG-4 visual patent portfolio
  56 license for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer for (i)
  57 encoding video in compliance with the MPEG-4 visual standard (“MPEG-4
  58 video”) and/or (ii) decoding MPEG-4 video that was encoded by a
  59 consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was
  60 obtained from a video provider licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG-4
  61 video.  No license is granted or shall be implied for any other
  62 use. Additional information including that relating to promotional,
  63 internal and commercial uses and licensing may be obtained from MPEG
  64 LA, LLC.  See http://www.mpegla.com. This product is licensed under
  65 the MPEG-4 systems patent portfolio license for encoding in compliance
  66 with the MPEG-4 systems standard, except that an additional license
  67 and payment of royalties are necessary for encoding in connection with
  68 (i) data stored or replicated in physical media which is paid for on a
  69 title by title basis and/or (ii) data which is paid for on a title by
  70 title basis and is transmitted to an end user for permanent storage
  71 and/or use, such additional license may be obtained from MPEG LA,
  72 LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com for additional details.</p>
  73
  74 <p>18.3. H.264/AVC. H.264/AVC technology may be included with the
  75 software.  MPEG LA, L.L.C. requires this notice:</p>
  76
  77 <p>This product is licensed under the AVC patent portfolio license for
  78 the personal use of a consumer or other uses in which it does not
  79 receive remuneration to (i) encode video in compliance with the AVC
  80 standard (“AVC video”) and/or (ii) decode AVC video that was encoded
  81 by a consumer engaged in a personal activity and/or was obtained from
  82 a video provider licensed to provide AVC video. No license is granted
  83 or shall be implied for any other use. Additional information may be
  84 obtained from MPEG LA, L.L.C. See http://www.mpegla.com.</p>
  85 </blockquote></p>
  86
  87 <p>Note the requirement that the videos created can only be used for
  88 personal or non-commercial purposes.</p>
  89
  90 <p>The Sorenson Media software have
  91 <a href="http://www.sorensonmedia.com/terms/">similar terms</a>:</p>
  92
  93 <p><blockquote>
  94
  95 <p>With respect to a license from Sorenson pertaining to MPEG-4 Video
  96 Decoders and/or Encoders: Any such product is licensed under the
  97 MPEG-4 visual patent portfolio license for the personal and
  98 non-commercial use of a consumer for (i) encoding video in compliance
  99 with the MPEG-4 visual standard (“MPEG-4 video”) and/or (ii) decoding
 100 MPEG-4 video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and
 101 non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider
 102 licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG-4 video. No license is granted or
 103 shall be implied for any other use. Additional information including
 104 that relating to promotional, internal and commercial uses and
 105 licensing may be obtained from MPEG LA, LLC. See
 106 http://www.mpegla.com.</p>
 107
 108 <p>With respect to a license from Sorenson pertaining to MPEG-4
 109 Consumer Recorded Data Encoder, MPEG-4 Systems Internet Data Encoder,
 110 MPEG-4 Mobile Data Encoder, and/or MPEG-4 Unique Use Encoder: Any such
 111 product is licensed under the MPEG-4 systems patent portfolio license
 112 for encoding in compliance with the MPEG-4 systems standard, except
 113 that an additional license and payment of royalties are necessary for
 114 encoding in connection with (i) data stored or replicated in physical
 115 media which is paid for on a title by title basis and/or (ii) data
 116 which is paid for on a title by title basis and is transmitted to an
 117 end user for permanent storage and/or use. Such additional license may
 118 be obtained from MPEG LA, LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com for
 119 additional details.</p>
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 121 </blockquote></p>
 122
 123 <p>Some free software like
 124 <a href="https://handbrake.fr/">Handbrake</A> and
 125 <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/">FFMPEG</a> uses GPL/LGPL licenses and do
 126 not have any such terms included, so for those, there is no
 127 requirement to limit the use to personal and non-commercial.</p>
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