An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018)
It's incredible that the MPEG-LA mafia has gotten away with <i>23 patents</i> on a system of mathematical operations. Math is explicitly outlined as non-patentable. While this extends to all software patents, I'm astounded that even this very narrow case hasn't been challenged on its face. We can't move to unencumbered codecs quickly enough.