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MPEG Surround License Fees
Preliminary1 – September, 2008
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Volume
(per unit*/annual reset) |
Per Unit Fee |
| For the first 1 to 500,000 units |
$ 0.49 |
| For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 |
$ 0.38 |
| For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 |
$ 0.31 |
| For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 |
$ 0.26 |
| For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 |
$ 0.21 |
| For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 |
$ 0.12 |
| For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 |
$ 0.10 |
| For units 50,000,001 or more |
$ 0.075 |
| * Binaural products count as 0.5 units (see below) |
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MPEG Surround Binaural Mode
Products that implement only the binaural mode of MPEG Surround
count as half-a-unit for the purpose of license fee calculations. For
example, if a licensee ships 5,000 licensed products, and 3,000 of
these are binaural (stereo output only), then the total cost would be
$1,715, calculated as (2,000 + (3,000/2)) * 0.49.
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Decoder Products |
Encoder/Codec Products |
| Per Unit Fee |
$2.50 |
$25.00 |
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Decoder Products |
Encoder/Codec Products |
| Per Unit Fee |
$0.25 |
$0.50 |
| Maximum Annual Payment |
$32,000 per PC Software Product |
$172,000 per Licensee |
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Decoder Products |
Encoder/Codec Products |
| Per Unit Fee |
$2.50 |
$25.00 |
| Maximum Fee per PC Software Product |
n/a |
Not to exceed 2.5% of end-user price |
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1 Pricing is subject to change until presented in the final license agreement, which is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2009.
2 A Professional Product is intended primarily for an end-user’s direct revenue-generating use or intended to serve as a main resource to generate revenue for end-users, including monitoring and testing equipment.
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