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Last MPEG-4 visual patent expires today, freeing DivX and Xvid globally

MPEG-4 Visual patent protection ended worldwide on July 19, 2026, when Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1, held by Siemens AG, ...
Ars Technica

MPEG-4: What is it really?

I want to join the next generation of video codecs, MPEG-4, for my video projects, but I'm hopelessly confused and Google isn't helping me. Here are the facts as I know them. The people who brought us ...
CNET

MPEG-4 on road to rights management

A streaming-media consortium set a schedule this week for finalizing technical specs for MPEG-4 security and rights management--components that are key to the open standard's adoption among content ...
CNET

Tech giants push MPEG-4 standard

A standards body comprising such tech heavyweights as Apple Computer and Cisco Systems has released a specification for streaming MPEG-4 video and audio via the Web. The Internet Streaming Media ...