MPEG LA probably approves this because if they would win they would get huge sums of money charging for streaming services over the internet from anybody using this codec and that is what they are after in the long run. Software/hardware using this codecs and charging for it was popular in the past now it's all about streaming and finding a way how to charge a fee on this services.
They don't care in the end if everybody uses CISCO codec and avoids paying for licence in near future because they know having monopoly position will enable them to charge fee from streaming service providers in the future and this is what they are after with this move. Investing some money temporarily that would enable them to collect more money in the future and probably this it why Google will try to do anything for this not to happen because they are huge when it comes to providing internet streaming services (YouTube).
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Date: 2013-10-31 02:26 am (UTC)They don't care in the end if everybody uses CISCO codec and avoids paying for licence in near future because they know having monopoly position will enable them to charge fee from streaming service providers in the future and this is what they are after with this move. Investing some money temporarily that would enable them to collect more money in the future and probably this it why Google will try to do anything for this not to happen because they are huge when it comes to providing internet streaming services (YouTube).