[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19364]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Advanced Access Content System Founders 
(``AACS'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 12, 2004, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The Advanced Access Content 
System Founders (``AACS'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are 
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; Intel G.F. Inc., Santa Clara, CA; 
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY; Matsushita 
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan; Matsushita Intellectual 
Property Corporation of America, Wilmington, DE; Microsoft Corporation, 
Redmond, WA; Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; SCA IPLA Holdings, Inc., 
New York, NY; Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Toshiba America 
Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA; The Walt Disney Company, 
Burbank, CA; Disney Worldwide Services, Burbank, CA; Warner Brothers 
Technical Operations, Inc., Burbank, CA; and Warner Brothers 
Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA. The nature and objectives of the 
venture are to develop, license and promote technology to facilitate 
the distribution, use and sale of next-generation digital content by 
offering a means to prevent unauthorized interception, copying and 
redistribution of the content. This technology includes but it not 
limited to methods for data encryption, encryption key management, 
encryption system renewability, electronic commerce and forensic 
tracing (``the Technology''). The group anticipates that this content 
will be valuable commercial content protected by copyrights. Through a 
limited liability corporation to be formed by the Founders or their 
affiliates, they will promote the Technology to facilitate broad 
adoption and enable new lines of business in affected industries.

Dorothy Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-19364 Filed 8-23-04; 8:45 am]
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