Is DVD-9 enough this generation?

[rocketpig]

windbane said:

The Blu-ray Disc Association

The Blu-ray Disc Association is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology. This group has three levels of membership: the Board of Directors, the Contributors and the General Members. ^[1]

[edit] Board of Directors

The Blu-ray Disc Association website describes the role of the Board of Directors as follows [1]:

"Companies participating in the Board of Directors are active participants of the format creation and key BDA activities. They are selected from the Contributors by election. The board sets an overall strategy and approves key issues. A board member can participate in all activities and attend all meetings. The Blu-ray Disc Founder companies will make up the initial Board of Directors. Annual fee: $ 50,000"

The current 18 board members (as of 09/12/2006) are [2]:

• Apple
• Dell
• Hewlett-Packard
• Hitachi
• LG
• Mitsubishi Electric
• Panasonic
• Pioneer
• Philips
• Samsung
• Sharp
• Sony
• Sun Microsystems
• TDK
• Thomson
• Twentieth Century Fox
• Walt Disney Company
• Warner Bros.

[edit] Contributors

 

That's fine and dandy but who created the format? Who owns the royalty rights?