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I post this here because is the forum I read most and because is related to the video feature in Nikon dslrs. I apologize in advance if it isn't something new.

I am following with great interest the video codec war (H264 vs Theora vs ... and the decission of the Mozilla foundation not to implement H264 in Firefox) for the upcoming HTML5 standard. Then I came across to this:

http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA

Nikon choice for using MJPEG maybe has something to do with this. I checked myself 5D2 manual and it say it clearly that it's video feature is only for personal not commercial use.

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Even the TV industry has used the video for tv programming. The show "House" supposedly shot their entire final episode with the 5DM2 & that's commercial use. And I know that they've used it on "Criminal Minds" with no problems either. So what's Canon going to do - sue them??? Hardly they just see it as more sales for them.

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As the article points out, the bad gay is not Canon here, but MPEG-LA that holds the patents.
 
LilKnytt said:
Even the TV industry has used the video for tv programming. The show "House" supposedly shot their entire final episode with the 5DM2 & that's commercial use. And I know that they've used it on "Criminal Minds" with no problems either. So what's Canon going to do - sue them??? Hardly they just see it as more sales for them.
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Maybe they obtained a license from MPEG-LA or maybe they don't know it and none has gone after them until now.

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Panagiotis
 
LilKnytt said:
Even the TV industry has used the video for tv programming. The show "House" supposedly shot their entire final episode with the 5DM2 & that's commercial use.
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Do you not think they could simply have paid the licence fees to MPEG-LA?
LilKnytt said:
And I know that they've used it on "Criminal Minds" with no problems either. So what's Canon going to do - sue them???
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It's not Canon who would be doing the suing, it would be MPEG-LA. Canon has used their codec without paying for the full rights (commercial use of the output) and therefore put its customers in the position of potentially violating IPR terms of use.
LilKnytt said:
Hardly they just see it as more sales for them.
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Indeed, it might even have been Canon who paid the licence fees for 'House' and 'Criminal Minds'.

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thomas
 
I don't think this can be OUR problem.

legally it's canon, they provide us! and therefore Canon is liable and not the end user.
Might it be our problem just convert to another codec or go full res.
Anyway this will never holdup in court. What if this was jpg?
thomasnb said:
LilKnytt said:
Even the TV industry has used the video for tv programming. The show "House" supposedly shot their entire final episode with the 5DM2 & that's commercial use.
Click to expand...
Do you not think they could simply have paid the licence fees to MPEG-LA?
thomasnb said:
And I know that they've used it on "Criminal Minds" with no problems either. So what's Canon going to do - sue them???
Click to expand...
It's not Canon who would be doing the suing, it would be MPEG-LA. Canon has used their codec without paying for the full rights (commercial use of the output) and therefore put its customers in the position of potentially violating IPR terms of use.
thomasnb said:
Hardly they just see it as more sales for them.
Click to expand...
Indeed, it might even have been Canon who paid the licence fees for 'House' and 'Criminal Minds'.

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thomas
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