Tom's Hardware reported the fee increase for H.264 streaming licenses (Tom's Hardware, https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/streaming/h264-streaming-license-fees-jump-from-100000-to-4-5-million). The article title states a firm is boosting fees from $100k up to $4.5M. The report includes a Hacker News discussion link with 123 points and 51 comments (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47630109).

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