A 25-year-old video patent just expired, ending a legal headache for Linux

> The videos we watch on modern systems using H.264/AVC tech are running off MPEG-4 Part 10, and that is still very much covered by patents.

I dispute "very much". It came out in 2004 and almost all the patents are gone.

I remember DivX fondly. Even on dialup, picture quality was just phenomenal. Web tv watching was actually doable after this

edit: I am talking about divx web player

> MPEG-4 Part 2

Yes, if you care about the DVD-era still. If not, this expiry doesn't have a big impact on anything.

Discussion on the news in July: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969635

Brazil? Why a Brazilian patent is of such a significant interest elsewhere?

Are patents a necessary evil?

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