Last July, definitive licensing terms and pricing schedules were set for MPEG-4,
a protocol for Internet interactive multimedia.
For more on the new licensing terms and their possible implications, see http://theregus.com/content/6/25623.html
("MPEG 4 is Go...") and http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4956
("MPEG licensing resolved").