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But there are no software patents in UK so all these formats must be free for BBC until they will use patented dedicated hardware.


>But there are no software patents in UK

This has never been true for video. Even as far back as MPEG-2, the MPEG-LA has had GB patent numbers (as well as most other European countries).


The software doesn't really matter all of these encoders will have hardware implementations which will incur royalties.




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