DVD Format/Logo Licensing Program will be terminated at the end of 2024

http://www.dvdfllc.co.jp/notice.html

by zinekeller • 2 years ago

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extua• 2 years ago

I wasn't aware you needed a license to use the DVD format. Does this deprecation of the licensing scheme suggest any opportunities for creative uses of DVD?

What's the situation for Blu-Rays?

SahAssar• 2 years ago

I think you needed a license to use the logo, not necessarily to use the format.

LocalH• 2 years ago

This. If you ever saw budget DVDs without the actual DVD logo (the one seen in the upper right corner of the link), but with a DVD logo of a completely different style, this is why.

thesnide• 2 years ago

This has a particular resonance when coupled with the enshittification of streaming

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179418

runsfromfire2• 2 years ago

Can you explain a bit more how removing licensing procedures for the “DVD” logo has any connection to the quality of streaming?

hakfoo• 2 years ago

The physical release was always the contrast to streaming. It should have offered a quality encoding and additional features not available on streams, and of course the permanence of "it won't suddenly disappear because they only negotiated a n-year license."

As streaming gets worse, the alternative becomes progressively more compelling-- especially for "signature" movies. It ends up in the same place vinyl and CDs do in a Spotify world.

But the DVD industry is basically saying 'we no longer consider ourselves a commercial endeavour worthy of trying to have a trade association and logo programme.'

The phrasing > Currently we are preparing the scheme that enables any manufacturer to manufacture DVD Products without "License" on and after January 1, 2025.

I wonder if this will mean that we'll see the release or wind-down of the DRM facilities associated with the format. Otherwise, you could hardly make interoperable "DVD Products".

klaude• 2 years ago

Wasn't this licence the case of Nintendo Wii console using DVD format for games, but couldn't play movies because of lack of licencing?

garaetjjte• 2 years ago

DVD FLLC? How is that related to DVD Forum or DVD+RW Alliance? And why they use Comic Sans on their site...

Xeyz0r• 2 years ago

It feels like something is slipping away... (I'm talking about the logo, so many memories)

DVD Format/Logo Licensing Program will be terminated at the end of 2024

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