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by othermaciej 4839 days ago
Keep in mind that MPEG (which defines codecs) and MPEG-LA (which gives you one-stop shopping for some of the patent licnses) are completely separate entities.

MPEG-LA even arranges patent licensing for some codecs not developed by MPEG, such as SMPTE VC-1.

They may have a vested interest in the royalty-bearing license regime but not necessarily in supporting any given codec family.