>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 21 20:51:57 2002
>On Tue, 21 May 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> All DVD-Forum members get the permission to make DVD-* for free.
>You mean there's no patents on DVD-*? Or do you mean all DVD-Forum members
>get royalty-free access to patents?
It is royalty free for DVD-Forum members and it is cheaper than DVD+*
even for non DVD-Forum members.
Maybe this is the reason why there is no second source for the DVD+*
technology.
Small companies like Plextor are in fear of the possibility that DVD+*
wins. If they start to develop DVD-* technology, they _may_ loose money,
if they develop DVD+* technology, they are forced to pay a lot of money
for the DVD+* patents and cannot really eran money from the drives.
J�rg
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