[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64103-64104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24563]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--BDA Administration Corporation D/B/A Blu-ray 
Disc Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), BDA Administration 
Corporation D/B/A Blu-ray Disc Association (``BDA'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of

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business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: BDA 
Administration Corporation D/B/A Blu-ray Disc Association, Universal 
City, CA. The nature and scope of BDA's standards development 
activities are: (1) To establish Blu-ray Disc Formats for those 
applications that would be in the best interests of consumers and 
users, including revisions, improvements and enhancements thereto; (2) 
to organize activities to verify compliance with the Blu-ray Disc 
Formats, thus enabling the board acceptance of the Blu-ray Disc 
Formats; (3) to promote the Blu-ray Disc Formats for recording, 
playback, storage and distribution of large volume content, including 
high definition content; and (4) to provide useful information to those 
who are interested in supporting the Blu-ray Disc Formats.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-24563 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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