Disco Press Belgium

[mossboss]

Hey all
Here is something interesting about Diso press Belgium
Not sure what the end of this would be, But to me its a case of Goliath V David and guess what Goliath won
http://www.eplawpatentblog.com/eplaw/2011/05/be-philips-v-disco-press.html
The last paragraph is quite scarry as it seems that these people may end up in jail Phewwww
The case its being going for years
May be Philps is running low on cash
Cheers

[Nickou]

I heard one mount ago than they were closing the vinyl department.
This was one of the reason why foon sold his cutting lathe ( he was making a lot of cut for DP)


they will probably close everything ....

[Aussie0zborn]

Philips has brought many cases like this to court - nothing new here. This simply means that Disco Press did not pay Philips the patent royalty for each CD pressed. It doesnt look like piracy or anything like that. Perhaps our Dutch readers can read the full thing and update us?

Royalty payments and licenses for DVD manufacturing are administered by DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation (DVDFLLC) which is owned by the companies who own patents used in the DVD format so its unclear why Philips mention it in this claim against Disco Press.

In any case, when a CD plant is up against Philips for not paying the patent royalty, it usually means the plant is in its last days. That $0.01 per disc (or whatever it is now) can make or break a plant.

You can see why China came up with its own video disc format ("EVD" - Enhanced Video Disc). The Chinese were paying the DVD royalty on laser optics imported from Japan to make DVD players. They refused to pay the DVD royalty a second time on the finished DVD player. Also with the size of that market, it was decided to develop its own video disc format rather than pay royalties to foreign concerns.

[mossboss]

When Philips sneezees the DVD world gets a cold Thats for sure
Not sure that the vinyl depatment has closed down
If that is the case it must be in the last few days or so
May be someone here is local and can give us the heads up on the state of affairs there
cheers

[Aussie0zborn]

Disco Press re-opened as Discomat at the same address.