Mark A wrote:
> "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
>
>
And here all this time I thought Sony was the copyright owner. I stand
corrected.
--
jer
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