X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/3d2ea50a5a8cc7cf06953058ee6dbfbaaeec3c91..1ae1fc3a45ceff0f4d13cac421dabb60a79201d0:/blog/archive/2012/07/07.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2012/07/07.rss b/blog/archive/2012/07/07.rss index a206b8a957..65c86766a3 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2012/07/07.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2012/07/07.rss @@ -568,5 +568,149 @@ at det er interesse for leveringen til OEP.</p> + + Mer oppfølging fra MPEG-LA om avtale med dem for å kringkaste og publisere H.264-video + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Mer_oppf_lging_fra_MPEG_LA_om_avtale_med_dem_for___kringkaste_og_publisere_H_264_video.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Mer_oppf_lging_fra_MPEG_LA_om_avtale_med_dem_for___kringkaste_og_publisere_H_264_video.html + Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:50:00 +0200 + <p>I føljetongen om H.264 +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/MPEG_LA_mener_NRK_m__ha_avtale_med_dem_for___kringkaste_og_publisere_H_264_video.html">forlot +jeg leserne i undring</a> om hvor pakken fra MPEG-LA tok veien, og om +hvilke selskaper i Norge som har avtale med MPEG-LA. Da Ryan hos +MPEG-LA dro på ferie sendte jeg min melding videre til hans kollega, +og dagen etter fikk jeg følgende svar derfra:</p> + +<p><blockquote> +<p>Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:32:34 +0000 +<br>From: Sidney Wolf &lt;SWolf (at) mpegla.com&gt; +<br>To: Petter Reinholdtsen &lt;pere (at) hungry.com&gt; +<br>Cc: Ryan Rodriguez &lt;RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com&gt; +<br>Subject: RE: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p> + +<p>Dear Mr. Reinholdtsen,</p> + +<p>Thank you for your message. As you know, Ryan is currently our of the +office, so it will be my pleasure to assist you.</p> + +<p>Per your request, attached please find an electronic copy of the +AVC Patent Portfolio License. Please note that the electronic copy of +the License is provided as a convenience and for informational +purposes only. When concluding the Licenses, only the hard copies +provided by MPEG LA may be used.</p> + +<p>To your question, MPEG LA lists our Licensees on our website +according to each program. The lists are in alphabetical order, so it +is very easy to search.</p> + +<p>I hope that this was helpful. If we can be of additional +assistance, please let me know.</p> + +<p>Kind regards,</p> + +<p>Sidney A. Wolf +<br>Manager, Global Licensing +<br>MPEG LA</p> +</blockquote></p> + +<p>Selv om et epostvedlegg er nyttig for mottakeren, så håpet jeg å få +et dokument jeg kunne dele med alle leserne av bloggen min, og ikke et +som må deles på individuell basis. Opphavsretten krever godkjenning +fra rettighetsinnehaver før en kan gjøre slikt, så dermed fulgte jeg +opp med et spørsmål om dette var greit.</p> + +<p><blockquote> +<p>Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:25:06 +0200 +<br>From: Petter Reinholdtsen &lt;pere (at) hungry.com&gt; +<br>To: Sidney Wolf &lt;SWolf (at) mpegla.com&gt; +<br>Cc: Ryan Rodriguez &lt;RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com&gt; +<br>Subject: Re: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p> + +<p>Thank you for your reply.</p> + +<p>[Sidney Wolf] +<br>&gt; Per your request, attached please find an electronic copy of the AVC +<br>&gt; Patent Portfolio License. Please note that the electronic copy of +<br>&gt; the License is provided as a convenience and for informational +<br>&gt; purposes only. When concluding the Licenses, only the hard copies +<br>&gt; provided by MPEG LA may be used.</p> + +<p>This is useful for me to learn, but the reason I asked for the +Internet address of the licensing document was to ensure I could +publish a link to it when I discuss the topic of H.264 licensing here +in Norway, and allow others to verify my observations. I can not do +the same with an email attachment. Thus I would like to ask you if it +is OK with MPEG LA that I publish this document on the Internet for +others to read?</p> + +<p>&gt; To your question, MPEG LA lists our Licensees on our website +<br>&gt; according to each program. The lists are in alphabetical order, so +<br>&gt; it is very easy to search.</p> + +<p>I am afraid this do not help me locate Norwegian companies in the +list of Licensees. I do not know the name of all companies and +organisations in Norway, and thus do not know how to locate the +Norwegian ones on that list.</p> + +<p>&gt; I hope that this was helpful. If we can be of additional assistance, +<br>&gt; please let me know.</p> + +<p>Absoutely helpful to learn more about how MPEG LA handle licensing.</p> + +<p>-- +<br>Happy hacking +<br>Petter Reinholdtsen</p> +</blockquote></p> + +<p>Jeg håpet også at det skulle være mulig å få vite hvilke av de +mange hundre som har avtale med MPEG-LA om bruk av H.264 som holdt til +i Norge. Begge mine håp falt i grus med svaret fra MPEG-LA. + +<p><blockquote> +<p>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:42:39 +0000 +<br>From: Sidney Wolf &lt;SWolf (at) mpegla.com&gt; +<br>To: 'Petter Reinholdtsen' &lt;pere (at) hungry.com&gt; +<br>Cc: Ryan Rodriguez &lt;RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com&gt; +<br>Subject: RE: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p> + +<p>Dear Mr. Reinholdtsen,</p> + +<p>Thank you for your reply.</p> + +<p>We appreciate the additional explanation you have provided and for +asking our permission to publish the electronic copy of the License in +advance of doing so. Typically, MPEG LA prefers to distribute the +electronic copies of our Licenses to interested parties. Therefore, +please feel free to send interested parties to the AVC portion of our +website, http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Intro.aspx for +their further reference.</p> + +<p>As previously mentioned, MPEG LA maintains a list of Licensees in good +standing on our website according to each program. Due to the large +volume of Licensees, it would be administratively impractical to +provide this level of detail to interested parties. Therefore, I am +afraid we are not in a position to assist you with your request.</p> + +<p>Kind regards,</p> + +<p>Sidney A. Wolf +<br>Manager, Global Licensing +<br>MPEG LA</p> +</blockquote></p> + +<p>Men takket være epostvedlegget kunne jeg søke på Google etter +setningen "WHEREAS, a video standard commonly referred to as AVC has +been defined and is referred to in this Agreement as the “AVC +Standard” (as more fully defined herein below)" som finnes i avtalen, +og lokalisere en kopi fra 2007 av +<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342960/000119312509050004/dex1024.htm">lisensavtalen +mellom MPEG-LA og DivX, Inc.</a>, slik at mine lesere kan se hvordan +avtalen så ut da. Jeg har ikke sammenlignet tekstene for å se om noe +har endret seg siden den tid.</p> + +<p>Jeg aner fortsatt ikke hvor FedEx tok veien med pakken fra +MPEG-LA.</p> + + +