Google May Face Legal Challenges if it Open-Sources VP8 Codec

By Michael Silbergleid

BetaNews.com has the story that VP8 codecs are developed around several bedrock technologies. Companies that either have claims to those technologies, or at least believe they do, could very well file suit if they believe Google was never licensed to give away methodologies they contend they have created, and thus own.

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