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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.
=> The European Patent Office is Attracting Patent Trolls
=> A Warning About MPEG-G, the Latest Software Patents Trap That Threatens Innovation Everywhere
=> Trolling Conglomerates MPEG-LA and Fortress Are Plotting to Start Another Round of Patent Shakedowns
=> When Antitrust Complaints Achieve Software Freedom
=> SFLC Refutes OSI President’s Claim, Says WebM Licence is Still Fine
=> MPEG-LA Ruined the Licence of WebM, Made it Less Freedom-Respecting
=> Google/Android Extorted Through MPEG-LA
=> MPEG Cartel Stabs Apple in the Back
=> Ogg Backer Strikes Back Against the MPEG-LA Cartel
=> 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
=> MPEG-LA Codecs and Microsoft Racketeering Challenge the Redistributability of Linux
=> 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
=> 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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