https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Video Codec News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/02/aws-drops-patent-protection/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Video+Codec-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/02/aws-drops-patent-protection/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1771934813089.jpg"/><p>AWS has removed its legal protections for customers using its video transcoding and streaming services, potentially exposing them to patent infringement claims from codec rights holders. The change affects six services, including the popular file-based video processing service MediaConvert and live video encoding service MediaLive.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i> Cloud Video Codec Software Patents AWS Streaming Video Development DevOps news Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:03:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/02/aws-drops-patent-protection/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Video+Codec-news Renato Losio 2026-02-25T00:03:00Z /news/2026/02/aws-drops-patent-protection/en