Under the revised licensing fees, the minimum licensing fee for blank media (DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM only, DVD6C's licenses don't cover "plus" formats like DVD+R) will drop by one U.S. cent, from the current $0.075 to $0.065.
Similarly, minimum DVD player licensing fees will drop from $4.00 to $3.00 and pre-recorded DVD media (including DVD-ROM, DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs) royalties will drop from minimum of $0.05 to $0.045. It is also interesting to note that since September, 2003 DVD6C has been the sole authority to license DVD cases as well -- one DVD case carries a minimum licensing fee of half a cent under the revised pricing structure.
Source: Toshiba's press release
Written by: Petteri Pyyny @ 2 Mar 2005 12:44