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DVD Royalty Table (subject to change and revision)
 
 
 
 

 

 
Item Group Companies Royalty Remarks
1 6c Hitachi; JVC; Matsushita; Mitsubishi; Toshiba; Time Warner $0.05
2 3c Philips; Sony; Pioneer $0.0278 includes 0.003 for AC-3 (administered by Philips
3   Discovision Associates (DVA) $0.01 DVD-5 $0.016; DVD-9 $0.016 (3% Net Selling)
4   MPEG LA $0.04 if MPEG2 compression used; (deduct if MPEG1 used)
Basic Royalties DVD-5 (DVD Logo Included) $0.1278 Basic Royalties DVD-9: $0.1338
INCLUDED in ABOVE PRICE INCLUDED in ABOVE PRICE
5   Dolby $0.025 if Dolby sound processing used
6   Thompson Multimedia tba if MP3 sound processing used
7   Macrovision $0.075 if Macrovision encoding processing used
8   DVD Copy Control Association tba if their encription process used
Above Royalties are payable by the manufacturer (us) and are included in the unit price quoted.