AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec
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TL;DR
According to arstechnica.com, aOMedia Video 1 (AV1) was invented by a group of technology companies to be an open, royalty-free alternative to other video codecs, like HEVC/H.265.