Disturbing Discovery regarding MPEG-LA

If there is a forum page for this subject please let me know.
If you are not aware of the copyright agreement for using any MPEG-2 and/or H.264 codex please read the article on this link.
http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threaten ed_by_the_MPEG-LA
Questions:
Is this article correct and accurate?
If so, are big budget movies, which shoot with video, already paying MPEG-LA for their copyright to use MPEG-2 or H.264?
What is going to happen to the little pro/consumer that is trying to make money shooting in MPEG-2 and H.264?

Well, it could well be laughable, but then it could be legit. I do not know the author, or how much validity we should place in the article. However, considering the mood of companies like Sony, MicroSoft and others, I would not be surprised. Sony has taken many steps to curtail the individual production of BD. MS pulled playback of burned DVD's (BD's too?) from WMP, though some indicate that they have relented and added that capability back. I still have an older version of WMP on my machines, so cannot comment. I can see the need for protection from piracy, but by a monster margin, the biggest source of pirated titles comes from duplicate glass masters from replication houses in Asia. Millions of pirated titles come from these, and are often for sale on the streets, well before the first shipment of the legit discs ever hit US, or European shores. Burned discs are probably a minuscule part of the equation.
I tend to take articles, such as this, with a grain of salt, but do try to pay attention to them. Just because I have never heard this in no way insures that the comments are anything but valid. Of course, I am a "conspiracy theorist," so am not above imagining how this could be totally legit. I still recall when Compuserve was planning on going after everyone, who was using GIF. Other similar attempts have been made over the decades.
With the proliferation of various intellectual property sharing sites, I can see where various organizations would go after anyone, breeching ©. Remember when the RIAA went after all retailers, who had a radio playing in their stores as background music? They wanted royalties for every song played.
Unfortunately for me, the last media law class I took was in the '70s, and was long before the big © code revisions, and way before electronic media.
Just some thoughts,
Hunt
PS - A Google search for "MPEG-LA" has plenty of hits, regarding licensing.
Message was edited by: Bill Hunt - Added PS

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