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DVD6C Reduces Hardware Royalty Rates; Disc Rates Remain The Same

The DVD6C, a group of key patent holders for DVD products, has revised its worldwide patent licensing program beginning on and after January 1, 2010, offering a new license agreement with additional licensing options.

Royalty rates on prerecorded DVD discs remain set at $0.04 per disc — the same rate that the licensing group has charged since January 2008.

But the group has reduced royalty rates on a number of hardware products, including DVD players and DVD recorders, in addition to offering a shortened initial term of the license (now running to the end of 2012).

Blu-ray Disc products are not covered by the new license, irrespective of whether they include DVD functionality, the group says.

DVD6C member companies include Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Panasonic Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sharp Corp., Toshiba Corp., Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

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