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Saturday, October 04, 2003

China seeks to undercut Apple's MPEG-LA licensing costs
This could get interesting: Increasingly frustrated over clashes with licensing agencies like MPEG LA, China is striving to wean itself from foreign standards and to free itself of royalty payments for high-volume products, such as DVD players and cell phones. The move could undercut the power and revenue of licensing agencies like MPEG LA, a consortium of patent holders such as Apple and Sun that charge a royalty of $2.50 per system, compared with China's proposal of 1 yuan (12 cents) for its codec. More on the EE Times...

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