US Gov't investigating PS3's Blu-ray

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NeoRatt said:

ssj12 said:

NeoRatt said:
These kinds of patent suits are happening all the time. Nothing to be alarmed about. But, I think Sony would be in a lot of trouble if Antitrust did an investigation as it is now a monopoly for HD Movie distribution.

no they aren't

the entire BDA owns Blu-ray

Sony owns the key patents for the technology and licenses them. Is it fair that Sony can sell a gaming console and blu-ray player for cheaper than companies typically sell just a blu-ray player? And PS3 was sold at a loss to push blu-ray initially. Can that be considered a fair business practice? I'm no lawyer but I have seen a lot stupider stuff end up succeeding the US justice system.

 
This may come as suprise to you but even MS owns patents on BD. Some important codecs on BD are owned by MS.