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MPEG LA

Major video patent troll.

Joins and represent multiple patent holding parties into a patent pool.

Currently holds h.264 and family.

TODO what does the "LA" stand for?

2013 talk by CEO about business model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3BdSdKG5o

http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/In-Defense-of-MPEG-LA-94972.aspx

http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/An-Unhappy-Surprise-MPEG-LA-Is-Forming-a-Patent-Pool-for-DASH-105419.aspx

Encoders and decoders are $2.50 each to embed in a product. But encoded products are much less, e.g. $0.016.