commander@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoAV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codecarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarecurbstickle@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·5 days agoUgh Fuck Dolby. I mean fuck Snap too, but with this case, in specific, fuck Dolby.
minus-squaremrnobody@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down23·5 days agoYou shut your dirty whore mouth! Dolby has done some amazing things for the world of music and cinema! https://projectionniste.net/docs/A Chronology of Dolby Laboratories 1965 - 1998.pdf https://professional.dolby.com/siteassets/cinema/cie-innovation-tech/cie-innovation-tech-dolby.pdf While I am a big cinema and tech guy, I don’t exactly know what goes into the AV1 codec of the top of my head, nor have I read the article yet, but I can bet they’re not 100%in the wrong.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThey are, in fact, purely patent trolling in this case.
minus-squarecurbstickle@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·5 days agoEh, early Dolby is where they made real progress. Modern Dolby is more about licensing than actually doing anything for the industry. Not limited to the codec discussion.
minus-squaremrnobody@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoHere’s my reference
Ugh
Fuck Dolby. I mean fuck Snap too, but with this case, in specific, fuck Dolby.
You shut your dirty whore mouth! Dolby has done some amazing things for the world of music and cinema!
https://projectionniste.net/docs/A Chronology of Dolby Laboratories 1965 - 1998.pdf
https://professional.dolby.com/siteassets/cinema/cie-innovation-tech/cie-innovation-tech-dolby.pdf
While I am a big cinema and tech guy, I don’t exactly know what goes into the AV1 codec of the top of my head, nor have I read the article yet, but I can bet they’re not 100%in the wrong.
They are, in fact, purely patent trolling in this case.
Eh, early Dolby is where they made real progress.
Modern Dolby is more about licensing than actually doing anything for the industry. Not limited to the codec discussion.
That’s kinda rude bro
Here’s my reference