"Jer" <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
Pioneer has more control and $$$ into Blu Ray than Sony.
To****ba makes money off Sony now thanks to Blu Ray and the PS3
That's business.
I think there was a payoff, even Blu Bay ultra fanboi Bill "****ll" Hunt
says
there was..but he's ok with it cause it ended the dreaded format was that
was "hurting" consumers..heh
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