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BD4C Licensing Group Announces Blu-ray Patent Program

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Thomson Licensing, Toshiba Corporation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (BD4C Licensing Group) announced that they have commenced a worldwide joint licensing program beginning on March 1, 2010 for Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD patents essential for BD decoders, BD encoders, BD players, BD read-only discs, BD recordable discs, BD drives, BD/DVD hybrid …

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Blu-ray Disc Association Announces Final 3D Specification

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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced that it has completed work on its Blu-ray 3D specification. According to the statement, the Blu-ray 3D specification allows every Blu-ray 3D player and movie to deliver 1080p HD resolution to each eye, thereby maintaining the image quality to which Blu-ray Disc viewers are accustomed. Moreover, the specification is …

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The Ins and Outs of Blu-ray Disc Replication and Licensing

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It takes more than just imagination and hard work to put together a Blu-ray video disc. Outside of the usual authoring mechanics, content owners and publishers must not only make physical production decisions but also contend with numerous legal and financial obligations to the technology, patent, trademark, and other intellectual property holders.

Blu-ray Disc Licensing for Small Publishers, Duplicators, and Independent Studios

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Whether we acknowledge, like, or even understand them, we all have obligations. Traditionally, legal responsibilities for videographers, photographers, filmmakers, and service bureaus fall along the lines of managing copyright interests as well as privacy and publicity rights. Distributing digital audio, video, text, and still images, either electronically or on physical media, often involves equally important …

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