No more JPEGs - ISO to withdraw image standard

The Register USA ^ | July 23, 2002 | Andrew Orlowski

[PatrioticAmerican]

I thought that a patent requires a person to have control of their invention, and that the invention is not in the public domain, as is JPEG.

[Willie Green]

"ISO will withdraw the standard: JPEG will be no more,"

So the "standard" will cease to exist.
The file format remains known and will continue to exist in the public domain.

[Poohbah]

If outfits like Forgent don't knock it off, I can see some company deciding on a "street justice" approach to their patent claim.

[Publius6961]

That is a good question.
20 years is a long time.

[Publius6961]

The file format remains known and will continue to exist in the public domain.

Sound like the first order of business is a means of translating all JPEGs into the next useful public domain image format...

[NMFXSTC]

What? You mean al of our JPEGs are toast?

What should we convert them TO?

[hchutch]

Define "street justice" approach...

Wait. I'm not sure I wanna know... ;)

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

ISO has a lot to say about what goes on. To many companies and technologies not begin ISO certified is a very bad thing.

[Fresh Wind]

I don't care what anyone says. It's Bill Gates' fault!

[Grig]

I think .png (Protable Network Graphic) is a safe convert-to option.

[andy_card]

What? You mean al of our JPEGs are toast? What should we convert them TO?

Nothing. Leave them as uncompressed TIFFs. Our nation is at war. We cannot afford to compress our graphics.

[Poohbah]

Also known as the "bad things have been known to happen to troublemakers" approach.

[Crispy]

PNG is an open image format.

[Born to Conserve]

The ISO is not making sense. In one sentance they say they are withdrawing the patent, and in the next they are saying the patent is not valid. What's up with that?

Is the patent valid or not. Is the ISO/JPEG scared or confident? (or schitzo)

I, for one, would like to know if the patent applies to the standard, and exactly how.

[HeadOn]

All your JPEG are belong to us. Compress for great justice.

[Born to Conserve]

I would just like to point out that that JPEG.ORG Clark guy, who is telling us Americans how to run our Patent Office, is a member of the technological powerhouse across the pond -- "Great" Britain.

Wish we could run things more like them.

[GSWarrior]

It is my understanding that JPEG 2000 will render this issue moot as it is based on a different technology.

[RightWhale]

Too bad about JPEG. Graphic standards are a dime a dozen, so no big loss.

[Voltage]

Here is the up to date info: http://www.burnalljpegs.org/