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Old 20th August 2010, 22:21   #18  |  Link
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Yes, of course. I will get the license and then decide whether to become street legal or to withdraw it (or just withdraw the binaries). My recollection from the past, however, was that MPEG2 decoders had a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" exception. But it's better to be on firm legal ground, so I will follow up and report back here.

Note that DGDecNV is not affected as it does not supply the decoder.
Alrighty then.

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If you supply a compiled product containing an AVC decoder to end users, then you must be licensed.

Please feel free to call Ryan directly, as he is very friendly and helpful. Here is the exchange I had earlier when I asked for the materials I need for licensing:

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And thank you for this information. Now I have some kind of actual contact information towards MPEG-LA instead of the faceless side it shows up on its informative sites. Might come up helpful if I ever get this certain project of mine under actual work that's been brewing for a few months now >_>
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