Last week Google received a DMCA Takedown Notice in regard to a relatively obscure project called coreavc-for-linux. The notice, which can be read in its entirety on the Chilling Effects website, claims that the the project's Google Code page included a download containing code owned by CoreCodec, Inc., developers of the CoreAVC MPEG-4 decoder.
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Originally posted by plutonash: funny thing is most people use coreavc for downloaded films!
Yeah, thats kinda funny. But i'm glad they jumped on someone. Their codec is by far the best for H.264. By far by like leaps and bounds above the competition, whether freeware or purchased. They deserve to get money from it. MS should buy them, slap on VC-1 support and start shipping that as a part of Media Player and a download for the 360.
Originally posted by plutonash: funny thing is most people use coreavc for downloaded films!
Yeah, thats kinda funny. But i'm glad they jumped on someone. Their codec is by far the best for H.264. By far by like leaps and bounds above the competition, whether freeware or purchased. They deserve to get money from it. MS should buy them, slap on VC-1 support and start shipping that as a part of Media Player and a download for the 360.
it depends on what you describe as the BEST ... I do know form experience that it is the fastest :D if you try to view HD h264 content on an older\weaker CPU CoreAVC is your best bet for this i can vouch. on the other hand I heard that quality wise coreAVC lacks it in favor of speed (thats very logical imho). and codecs like ffdShow give better image quality ... personally I haven't investigated for my self but I just would like to point out that there i heard such 'rumors' (well .. i dont have links to exact sites) in a couple of places .. :D ofcourse quality doesnt matter if the movie is stutering :D
Originally posted by plutonash: funny thing is most people use coreavc for downloaded films!
Yeah, thats kinda funny. But i'm glad they jumped on someone. Their codec is by far the best for H.264. By far by like leaps and bounds above the competition, whether freeware or purchased. They deserve to get money from it. MS should buy them, slap on VC-1 support and start shipping that as a part of Media Player and a download for the 360.
To be fair to CoreCodec they didn't jump on anyone. If they had been correct about their understanding that the DMCA gives copyright holders the additional exclusive right not to have their code reverse engineered they would also be correct that they must defend this right or else risk losing other exclusive rights. The problem is that the DMCA doesn't grant such a right, and they have a responsibility to make sure it does before they issue a Takedown Notice based on that premise. They stated publicly that they were working with the project's author to help him to keep the project alive, and he has backed that up personally. The entire project is based on the premise that you must provide the CoreAVC decoder yourself.
Further, let me add that CoreCodec did something most companies wouldn't. They admitted they were wrong and immediately started the process of fixing their mistake. I think anyone who questions their intentions is completely off base. Either they didn't talk to a lawyer to begin with, or were given what was clearly improper advice. If someone were looking to buy an AVC decoder I would still recommend theirs with no hesitation. It's one of the few pieces of consumer software around that's actually priced so consumers can afford it.
Being a good company doesn't exempt you from criticism, but neither does making a mistake stop you from being a good company. They made a mistake, they learned a lesson, they did the right thing, and they moved on. They shouldn't be punished for it, but we shouldn't forget the lesson either. It's equally important for other companies and consumers to understand the lesson to avoid similar problems in the future.
