I'm looking into video playback in Java and I'm trying to find out all of the licensing options.
Currently I haven't managed to find out any info about what (if any) license is applicable to WMV.
Does anyone know?
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A:
Windows Media Licensing Royalties for Final Products. Note the $1 million annual fee for a decoder/encoder that runs on a non-Windows OS. That's after the package discount, but before royalties. :)
Matthew Flaschen
2010-03-01 17:25:22
Otherwise known as a "go away" fee.
Michael Petrotta
2010-03-01 17:27:57
Maybe I'm not understanding the fees properly, but that seems like an amazing amount of money for a fee.
contactmatt
2010-03-01 17:28:16
@contactmatt: frequently, individuals or groups will be able to do something, but really, **really** don't want to. Maybe they're overbooked, understaffed, or just don't like a technology. Rather than just saying "no", they set their fee very high.
Michael Petrotta
2010-03-01 19:18:28
Not saying that's what MS is doing here, but it smells like it.
Michael Petrotta
2010-03-01 19:18:43
Thanks, I've sent of an email to the licensing peeps in high hopes
James Carr
2010-03-02 17:29:29
A:
Try and look at something called Windows DRM. Maybe this would be the answer to your question... although I am not sure if I understand your problem correctly...
ASV
2010-03-30 11:12:50