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Originally posted by: Jay
There will be no "licensing" of the technology to other manufacturers.
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http://www.blu-raydisc.info/licensee_list/licensee_list.htm
whether blu-ray is a sony format... that's nearly a matter of semantics? granted, it isn't purely a product of sony's research & development, philips is heavily involved in the development too, and they've allowed others to take what basically amounts to advisory roles, but the development and marketing of the blu-ray video format is primarily driven and led by sony. if i were to say "it's a sony/philips format," would that be more diplomatic?
i'd suggest that licensing is not only a factor but possibly the main factor. they're not just pushing blu-ray in the interest of scientific progress, just 'cause it's such a clearly superior technology, but because sony and philips want to receive a much better portion of the licensing fees than they would have gotten if they'd collaborated with toshiba on hd-dvd.