Uniloc USA Inc. announced that it filed a patent infringement action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division against Sony Corp. of America, Sony DADC, McAfee, Activision, Quark, Aspyr Media and Borland Software Corp over their alleged unauthorized use of Uniloc’s patented anti-piracy product activation method and system.
Sony DADC announced the opening of a new packaging, refurbishment and service center in Pilsen, Czech Republic. According to the statement, located in the heart of central Europe, 420 km from Frankfurt and 950 km from Paris, the Pilsen facility (Sony DADC Czech Republic, s.r.o.) extends over 17,000 square metres and offers a range of …
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DiscMail Direct, an industry coalition representing manufacturers, packagers and creative services companies involved in the use of optical media for direct mail applications, has been announced. The group has also joined the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and is managed by the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA).
More sad news today. Sony Corporation of America (SCA) announced that that its Sony DADC Americas (SDA) subsidiary will shift DVD production from its Pitman, New Jersey plant to its main manufacturing facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. This move will result in the loss of 160 jobs in Pitman, which currently employs approximately 570 people. …
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Oerlikon announced that it has sold its first prerecorded Blu-ray Disc (BD-ROM) replication line in Western Europe to Infodisc Technology.
Sony DADC announced it is now manufacturing prerecorded Blu-ray Discs in the United States.
As CD-R duplication and production systems take on a greater role in software publishing, they, too, must incorporate copy protection capabilities for CD-R to reach its full business potential.