The 90th MPEG meeting in Xi'an attended by 300+ experts. Remarkable achievements are A set of documents on Advanced IPTV Terminal Approval of MPEG-V FCD Approval of Video Signature Tools FPDAM Planning for a second MPEG Media Transport workshop in Kyoto Publication of the Draft Call for Proposals on High Performance Video Coding Start of a new MPEG-U part on Advanced User Interaction Interface Read the Xi'an MPEG press release
The 24th DMP meeting in Xi'an produced two main achievements Approval of IDP-3.3 WD 2.0 Joint meeting with the MPEG Advanced ITPTV Terminal (AIT) Ad Hoc Group on Open Media Marketplace (OMM) Read the Xi'an DMP press release
The 23rd DMP meeting has approved the Open Media Marketplace (OMM) project. Look at the first set of documents Rationale for and objectives of the Open Media Marketplace project Primitive Services for the Open Media Marketplace Primitive Functions for the Open Media Marketplace Terminology of the Open Media Marketplace Use Cases and Requirements of the Open Media Marketplace
The Ad hoc group on Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT) has achieved very significant results, as can be seen from the output documents. Please note that these documents have not been approved by MPEG yet. Author Title No. AHG AIT Actors in AIT payment/cashing protocols M16837 AHG AIT Context and Objectives for Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT) M16838 AHG AIT Requirements and candidate technologies for Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT) M16839 AHG AIT Terminology for Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT) M16840
The French Sénat finally approves the so-called HADOPI (Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet) law. Leonardo is particularly upset by it not so much because an internet user who has been caught three times illegally handling copyrighted content sees his internet connection severed, but because someone must have access to the content of the private communication of the internet user to make those assessments. Leonardo fears that something similar to the HADOPI…
Leonardo sits on a Panel at Patinnova 2009 discussing "Intellectual Property (IP) in rapidly developing industries - does it stimulate innovation?". His message: "We already have enough robust protection of IP. What rights holders desperately need now is smart exploitation of IP. The goals of the two are not necessarily in sync".
