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Good News from Germany

Posted by Ridcully on · 3 comments
WebM; By Lou Quillio 		Mail this story
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Today a court in Mannheim, Germany, ruled that VP8 does not infringe a patent owned and asserted by Nokia. This decision is an important and positive step towards the WebM Project's ultimate goal: ensuring the web community has an open, high-quality, freely licensed video codec.

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Comments (3)

henke54 ·
Here is a ex-Nokia executive blog about the 'trojan horse' Elop : http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2011/06/timing-...
gus3 ·
Can't say I'm surprised. When Elop went to Nokia, every last bit of Internet scuttlebutt I saw said "Microsoft is setting up Nokia for a buy-out."
lcafiero ·
True, gus3 -- Anyone who didn't see that coming from miles away is pretty naive.

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