Well, Netflix alone isn't enough to adapt a JPEG replacement. So hopefully some truly free format will emerge.
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Originally posted by MadeUpName View PostIs there actually any thing in a container that is patentable? As far as I know a container is just cutting up a file space. Bits 0 - 20 contain X, bits 21-45 contain Y etc. If that is all it is, it isn't patentable material even in a country with as F'd up of a patent system as the US.
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with the Specification), and copy the Software within the Licensed Field. For the avoidance of
doubt the Licensed Patents shall not include Codec Patents.
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Originally posted by MadeUpName View PostIs there actually any thing in a container that is patentable? As far as I know a container is just cutting up a file space. Bits 0 - 20 contain X, bits 21-45 contain Y etc. If that is all it is, it isn't patentable material even in a country with as F'd up of a patent system as the US.
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