Greenengineering3475@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 19 天前Oops, Apple approved another illegal streaming appwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkOops, Apple approved another illegal streaming appwww.theverge.comGreenengineering3475@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 19 天前message-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKrauerkinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·19 天前LOL the comments telling the Verge to shut it’s mouth. Also man France loves piracy. I apparently need to learn French better.
minus-squareladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·19 天前The French are very defendant when it comes to VLC or other open sauce apps. I’d usually bring the Willy joke out but I’m with them on this one.
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 天前The VLC thing is specifically about software patents on AVC, HEVC and other codecs. Most of Europe doesn’t recognize software patents, so anyone can implement an AVC or HEVC encoder and decoder if they want to.
LOL the comments telling the Verge to shut it’s mouth.
Also man France loves piracy. I apparently need to learn French better.
The French are very defendant when it comes to VLC or other open sauce apps. I’d usually bring the Willy joke out but I’m with them on this one.
The VLC thing is specifically about software patents on AVC, HEVC and other codecs. Most of Europe doesn’t recognize software patents, so anyone can implement an AVC or HEVC encoder and decoder if they want to.