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AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec (arstechnica.com)
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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Dolby: we have a patent that ug let's you do shit to a file so it comes out in another format. We own all formats now and forever!

[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thats what ambiguity enables, a logical fallacy that allows evil corpos to do as they please. And thats basically capitalism, or even feudalism at this point.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Or "strategic ambiguity" as practiced by a certain country.