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TD-Linux on Nov 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: BPG Image Format Specification

>hardware HEVC support, so we suggest to use it if patents are an issue.

This will not save you from the HEVC Advance content fees, which are a percentage of your website's total revenue related to the images.

okigan on Nov 21, 2015 [–]

So, for websites that do not charge -- it is zero ? (ex. wikipedia)

If so, almost sounds like the reason to use it on free websites, so paid for ones do not steal your images

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