Re: Did SONY pay off Warner Bros?

Mark A wrote:
> "WGD" <wgd.roaming@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:EplBj.17504$er2.4578@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Just read in "The Week", Vol 8,  Issue 352 did March 14,'08, pg42
(drawn 
>> from slate.com) - did SONY bribe Warner Bros by paying them somewhere 
>> between $400 and $500 million to go with Blu-Ray?
>>
>> *IF* so, another stab in the chest of the consumer.  Does anyone know
the 
>> truth?
>>
>> Wayne
> 
> It is hard to believe they would that much. Sony is not the sole 
> manufacturer of BlueRay players. 
> 
> 


True, but Sony is the sole provider of the Bluray right-to-use license 
that all other manufacturers are required to have (and pay for) to offer 
the Bluray codec in their products.

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