Ogg Theora

Ogg Theora is a video format, for which one of the core goals is to be free from patent problems.

Vague, unsubstantiated worries

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Related pages on ESP Wiki

• Audio-video patents
• VP8 and WebM
• Harm to standards
• MPEG LA
• HTML5 and video patents
• Video formats from 20 years ago

External links

• Theora More of a Patent Threat than H264? Wait, What?, OSNews, March 25th 2010
• Ogg, MPEG LA, and Submarine Patents, March 4th 2010
• Wikipedia: Ogg_controversy#Opposition (about the HTML5 problems)
• Steve Jobs Hints At Theora Lawsuit, Slashdot, April 30th 2010

Campaigns to encourage use of Ogg Theora

(see also: Campaigns to avoid certain patented ideas)

• Open letter to Google: End the web's dependence on patent-encumber, February 2010, FSF
• Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia! - campaign launched by Open Video Alliance