The Last Of The MPEG-2 Patents Have Expired

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MPEG-2-Last-Patents-Expire
Just the last of the MPEG-2 patents have now expired few days ago.
From the MPEG LA:

Please note that the last US patent expired February 13, 2018, and patents remain active in Philippines and Malaysia after that date.

This does not mean that the usefulness of the MPEG-2 has ended for technology users. Hopefully now we’ll see greater MPEG-2 support in free software multimedia stacks.

Note also that there has been recent expiry of the MP3 patents and AC3.

3 Comments

  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Founder and chairman of MPEG argues MPEG’s business model is broken
    https://tw.saowen.com/a/900567e7e359739122d2674525c3d4788c44f26d880a899234b3a1c855cc706a

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    http://mobile.osnews.com/story.php/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_MP3_MPEG-2_H_264/

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  3. eddy 007 says:

    hello

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