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In layman's terms, MPEG-LA is a conspiracy of companies with patent monopolies on ideas associated with compression of video and audio. MPEG-LA covers more than just that, but originally it was used as a central point for patent holders who wish to tax anyone out there playing videos and music. By creating a "standard" out of patent-encumbered formats, MPEG-LA managed to create a thicket standing in the way of access to people's personal video and audio recordings. Standards bodies are mere tools in this battle of Trojan horse tactics, where MPEG-LA members such as Microsoft and Apple elbow their competitors by imposing costs (e.g. on GNU/Linux) and also threatening to sue counterparts such as Ogg and WebM. Techrights has covered the subject quite a lot over the years and this page brings together some of the posts more relevant and more recent (2010 onwards) on the subject.

●● 2018

=> The European Patent Office is Attracting Patent Trolls

=> A Warning About MPEG-G, the Latest Software Patents Trap That Threatens Innovation Everywhere

●● 2017

=> Apple v Samsung Dominates the News, But Samsung Has Just Taken on MPEG-LA Using PTAB Inter Partes Reviews

=> Trolling Conglomerates MPEG-LA and Fortress Are Plotting to Start Another Round of Patent Shakedowns

=> Patent Troll MPEG-LA Expands From Software Patents to Patents on Life While USPTO is Virtually Headless

●● 2013

=> When Antitrust Complaints Achieve Software Freedom

=> SFLC Refutes OSI President’s Claim, Says WebM Licence is Still Fine

=> WebM is No Ogg, It is Not Freedom-Respecting Anymore, Even in Countries That Have No Software Patents

=> MPEG-LA Ruined the Licence of WebM, Made it Less Freedom-Respecting

=> Google/Android Extorted Through MPEG-LA

●● 2012

=> MPEG Cartel Stabs Apple in the Back

●● 2011

=> Ogg Backer Strikes Back Against the MPEG-LA Cartel

=> BSA (Microsoft Front), MPEG Cartel (Backed by Microsoft and Apple), and Gates Foundation Under Scrutiny for Patent Play

=> US Justice Department Takes on the MPEG Cartel as IBM Distances Itself From Cartel Defenders

=> One Last Sellout From Novell (MPEG-LA, Microsoft Patent Traps)

=> Scaremongering Against Google — Not Technical Advantage — the Strategy of MPEG-LA and Microsoft

=> Lobbyists From Microsoft, Apple, and Nokia Are Backing Potential Patent Lawsuit Against Google/WebM

=> ES: BSA (Frente de Microsoft), MPEG Cartel (Con el respaldo de Microsoft y Apple), y la Fundación Gates, Bajo Escrutinio por su Juego de Patentes

●● 2010

=> MPEG-LA Codecs and Microsoft Racketeering Challenge the Redistributability of Linux

=> Microsoft Florian Promotes MPEG-LA at the Expense of Free Software, Defends Intellectual Monopolies Too

=> Mozilla Avoids MPEG-LA’s Latest Poison Pill and Rejects Patents Just Like Samba Does

=> MPEG-LA Offers ‘Free’ Drugs (Read the Fine Print)

=> Patents Roundup: EU Patent Deform, MPEG-LA, OIN, New Zealand, and Patent Trolls

=> Simon Phipps: “MPEG-LA is a Parasite Using Standards Bodies as Its Host, Whether They Want it or Not.” (and a Rant About Banshee/Mono)

=> Google to Make WebM GPL Compatible — Claim

=> “We’re in the Era of Digital Video, and It’s a Mess,” –Steve Jobs, MPEG-LA Proponent/Lobbyist

=> Alexandre Oliva Explains Why the Patent Troll Larry Horn (MPEG Cartel) is Bluffing

=> Patent Troll (MPEG-LA) May Own Your Personal/Family Videos

=> Microsoft and MPEG-LA Called “Patent Trolls”, Antitrust Complaint Filed

=> Canonical Needs to Tell Ubuntu Users How Much It Paid MPEG-LA for Patent ‘Protection’

=> Apple and Microsoft a Threat to Culture (Data), Not Just Software (Tools)

=> MPEG-LA’s CEO Larry Horn and Bellow Bellows Are Patent Trolls

=> Microsoft Brings MPEG-LA-LA Land to the Web and Threatens GNU/Linux With Software Patent Lawsuits


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