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ZeroGravitas on Aug 11, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Thor – A Project to Hammer Out a Royalty Free Vide...

Apple refused to release QuickTime 6 until the MPEG-LA licensing for MPEG-4 was changed. This supports the claim that codec licensing has always been a contentious area.

SideQuark on Aug 12, 2015 [–]

I agree it has always been contentious. I disagree that it was "prohibitively expensive".

ZeroGravitas on Aug 12, 2015 | [–]

Well Apple thought it would kill the market so I guess we can all decide who to believe.

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