In Reply to: Re: These agreements certainly illustrate that Philips (and Sony) stand to gain $$$s from the DVD-A market . . . posted by Neil Wilkes on June 30, 2004 at 04:32:43:
Hi Neil. As I said, both Philips and Sony hold key patents for DVD technology, including DVD-A. They have been collecting royalties and licensing fees since the inception of DVD, and collecting royalties and licensing fees since the inception of DVD-A. This has been well-documented.The upshot is that Philips (and Sony) indirectly get money from you for the DVD players you own and for every DVD-A you've purchased. This has been ongoing since 1999, and again, has been well-documented.
Even though both companies (especially Philips) have ownership of the technology, they have thus far chosen not to make use of it in their own consumer or professional products. Perhaps they think the investment to do so would not give them the return they are already getting by simply licensing the technology to others.
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- Correction: HAVE been gaining - racerguy 11:21:07 06/30/04 (2)
- Correction: "Perhaps they THOUGHT the investment" . . . - Martin419 14:07:39 06/30/04 (1)
- Look into my (hazy) crystal ball... - racerguy 16:40:13 06/30/04 (0)