 Permalink for comment 554960 Comment by Nelson by Nelson on Sun
10th Mar 2013 15:20 UTC Member since:  H264 licenses are not
covered under commercial usage that includes subscription video
in excess of 100,000 users, at which point, the license fee is
not to exceeed $0.02 per title.  It is worth putting into
context "End-users" here, end users cannot be targeted by the
MPEG LA for patent litigation unless they are part of the
distribution chain of the unlicensed publication -- in other
words, if you're just hitting play on a video on the web, the
extent of your liability is limited by United States patent law.
harass the hell out of end users while patent trolls Ironically,
the bar for claiming damages against individuals is
significantly higher for patents than for, say, copyright which
is why the RIAA is free to are exactly that, trolls, if they
start to go after users.  Basically, if you have video on which
you make profit exceeding minimum thresholds, you pay a
ridiculously small licensing fee.  At that