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APPENDIX
DVD Forum
The DVD Forum is an international organization made up of companies
using or manufacturing digital versatile disc (DVD)-related products. The
Forum was created in 1995 when ten companies (Hitachi, Matsushita,
Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner,
Toshiba Corporation, and Victor) joined for the common purpose of
promoting DVD worldwide and establishing standardized formats of each
DVD application for the marketplace.
DVD+RW Alliance
The DVD+RW Alliance is a voluntary group of industry-leading personal
computing manufacturers, optical storage and electronics manufacturers
including Dell, Hewlett-Packard Company, MCC/Verbatim, Philips
Electronics, Ricoh Company Ltd., Sony Corporation, Thomson multimedia
and Yamaha Corporation. The group seeks to develop and promote a
universally compatible, rewritable DVD format to enable true convergence
between personal computing and consumer electronics products.
DVD FLLC (Format, Logo, Licensing, Corporation)
DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corp (DVD FLLC) was established in 2000 to
handle issuing of the DVD specifications, granting licenses to
manufacturers and policing the use of the DVD logos. All manufacturers of
hardware, discs and related DVD products must be licensed and first
products verified to ensure that all players will play all discs. The correct
logos must be used for the appropriate products in the appropriate way.