Re: [MPEGIF Discuss] royalties for distibuting a player

Both of which have a 50,000 unit floor.  I guess what I'm really
asking is, am I using any MPEG-4 Systems technology if I restrict the
player to using Xvid and AAC inside the AVI container?

It appears to me that the MPEG-4 Systems license is the only one of
the three ( Visual and Audio being the other two) that does not have 
50,000 unit floor.  That's why I'm trying to avoid using that
technology.

thanks,
Tim

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 01:25:51 +0100, Holger Grahn - Bitmanagement
<holger.grahn-Tf/[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Even if you use the AVI container, your would  still need MPEG-4 video
> decoding and Dolby/MPEG licence cost for AAC depending on channel count.
> 
> Greetings
> Holger
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Olsen" <[email protected]>
> To: <Discuss-wvgAS0I8NaWTm/[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 8:37 PM
> Subject: [MPEGIF Discuss] royalties for distibuting a player
> 
> > Hello.
> >
> > Am I correct in thinking that if I were to distribute a free MPEG-4
> > player with less than 50,000 downloads per year and the file format it
> > read was AVI, I would not have to pay any royalties?  To make it more
> > concrete, lets say I was using the Xvid and AAC codecs.
> >
> > Would I be subject to an MPEG Systems royalty if I were to use the MP4
> > file format?
> >
> > does the 50,000 downloads still matter if the player I'm distributing is
> > free?
> >
> > thanks for your help.
> >
> > -Tim
> 
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