[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25905-25906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11954]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Noticed Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--DVD Copy Control Association (``DVD CCA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 4, 2003, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), DVD Copy Control Association 
(``DVD CCA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership status. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Foryou General Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangdong, People's 
Republic of China; Futic Electronics Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; 
GZ Digital Media, A.S., Lodenice, Czech Republic; Jiangsu

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Syber Electronic Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Matrix 
Technology S.p.A., Peschiera Borromeo, Italy; Mirai Audio & Video Co., 
Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Shenzhen Paragon Industries (China) 
Incorporation, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; Stebbing 
Recording Centre Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand; Taijin Media Co., Ltd., 
Seoul, Republic of Korea; Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; and 
UL Tran Technology & Service Co., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan have been added 
as parties to this venture.
    Also, Jaton Computer Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand has been dropped 
as a party to this venture. In addition, Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. has 
changed its name to Columbia Music Entertainment, Tokyo, Japan.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and DVD CCA intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 11, 2001, DVD CCA filed its original notification pursuant 
to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a 
notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on 
August 3, 2001 (66 FR 40727).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 6, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on February 11, 2003 (68 FR 6946).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-11954 Filed 5-13-03; 8:45 am]
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