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Chris Gohlke
07-28-2006, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/EU+in+antitrust+probe+of+rival+DVD+format+creators/2100-1041_3-6099140.html?tag=nefd.top' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/EU+in+antitrust+probe+of+rival+DVD+format+creators/2100-1041_3-6099140.html?tag=nefd.top</a><br /><br /></div><i>"European Commission antitrust officials are probing the licensing strategies of two rival new generation DVD developers, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, the European Union executive said on Thursday. "There are no indications of any complaint, nor of any antitrust concerns on the part of the Commission or anyone else," the company said in a statement. The Commission wants to know whether the licensing terms of the DVD formats could break European Union competition rules, but it said this was not the start of a formal investigation."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/blurayandhddvd.jpg" /> <br />Looks like just a fact finding mission for now. Stay tuned to see if they dig up anything interesting.

Felix Torres
07-28-2006, 09:44 PM
Gotta wonder; how can you monopolize a market that doesn't exist?
Are these things even shipping in Europe yet?

Of course, it might just be that Phillips is one of the owners of BD-ROM and MS and Intel are supporting HD-DVD, instead.

That would be about par for the course...