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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.
