The MPEG LA has issues its proposed terms for licensing the HEVC (H.265) codec and so far, there has not been the usual universal condemnation that accompanies this sort of pricing, although it is a bit stiff compared to the first cut of the previous H.264 royalty charges. The biggest change is that really large companies, typically Apple, Google, Microsoft and some operators, will have to shell out $25 million annually, growing over time, compared to the $6.5 million they have to pay for H.264 today. This increased cost is perhaps why Google has been so aggressively pushing its own VP9, a codec that should perform similarly to H.265, as royalty free ‘ although it may find itself in legal…