"Jer" <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:13td1q731lemb11@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
After the Betamax debacle, I doubt that licensing fees are significant.
Anyway, it is the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), not Sony, who licenses
the
products.
From the BDA website:
The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association
(BDA),
a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media
manufacturers, with more than 180 member companies from all over the
world.
The Board of Directors currently consists of:
Apple Computer, Inc.
Dell Inc.
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Mitsubi**** Electric Cor****ation
Pioneer Cor****ation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Cor****ation
Sony Cor****ation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TDK Cor****ation
Thomson Multimedia
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures
Warner Bros. Entertainment
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