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Google/On2 are not members of the MPEG-LA patent pool. Google has an H.264 licence which is separate.

The MPEG LA has a financial interest in keeping the patent situation around Theora murky

Web streaming is free until 2015. Theora will not be found in Set-top-boxes and mobile phones which is where the real money is made in licensing.




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