Maybe we now can make all of this about fair competition that serves the consumers/users/artists/filmmakers instead of a few wealthy companies/institutions…?
WebM an open media project (www.webmproject.org)
Introducing WebM, an open web media project (webmproject.blogspot.com)
“The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone.”
(Update 1)
An introduction to the WebM project:
Google Frees VP8 Codec for HTML5: the WebM project (openvideoalliance.org)
The WebM Project : about : WebM Supporters (www.webmproject.org)
(Update 2)
The announcement/discussion on the web:
BREAKING: Google Opens VP8 Codec, Enables it on YouTube (www.osnews.com)
Microsoft: Internet Explorer 9 To Support VP8 (www.osnews.com)
Google, Mozilla, And Opera Take On H.264 With The WebM Project, A New Royalty-Free Video Codec (techcrunch.com)
Google tries freeing Web video with WebM (news.cnet.com)
Microsoft planning to support VP8 in Internet Explorer 9 – with a catch (www.neowin.net)
Google launches open WebM web video format based on VP8 (update: hardware partners and Microsoft statement) (www.engadget.com)
Theora Founder: WebM Project is ‘Wonderful’ (newteevee.com)
The first in-depth technical analysis of VP8 (x264dev.multimedia.cx) – [Wikitech-l] VP8 freed!(lists.wikimedia.org)
Software and Hardware Companies Jump on Google’s WebM Train (mashable.com)
[…] the only major player not willing to give some kind of official support to the free and open-source WebM […]
[…] *) See also: Web Video Rivalry Sparks U.S. Probe (online.wsj.com, 04.03.11): this is basically about the MPEG-LA finally being investigated for their abusive comments (see also what Steve Jobs had to say) made after Google’s free and open-source WebM (VP8) codec was announced a year ago! […]