MPEG, was Re: [Ti] Dual Layer cable for Powerbook G4 400

[Chris Olson]

On Dec 14, 2005, at 2:48 AM, Kynan Shook wrote:

> The theory, however, is that by tying the software directly to the  
> hardware, they may have been able to convince the MPEG Licensing  
> Authority that they should be licensed per drive instead of per  
> copy of software.

I'm failing to see the logic of this, and if I was MPEG LA I know I  
wouldn't fall for that one.  If they only licensed the drive then you  
got potentially hundreds of thousands of encoders out there (in iDVD)  
that aren't licensed and that could illegally burn an MPEG-2 image  
file, regardless of the drive.

What I do see is the EULA for the software, which contains the MPEG-2  
licensing information.  I'd suggest perhaps reading it.  It says  
software, not hardware in that EULA.  Same thing in Quicktime 7.
-- 
Chris

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