[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58472-58473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20131]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Motion Picture Laboratories, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 8, 2005, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Motion Picture 
Laboratories, Inc. (``MovieLabs'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
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 
to the venture are: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Los 
Angeles, CA; Paramount Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Walt 
Disney Pictures & Television, Burbank, CA; Warner Bros.

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Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA; Universal City Studies LLLP, Universal 
City, CA; and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA. The 
general area of MovieLabs' planned activity is identifying, 
researching, developing, evaluating, owning and disseminating 
technology (i) relevant to motion picture production and distribution 
and (ii) that lawfully prevents, deters or detects unauthorized and 
illegal copying and/or distribution of copyrighted audiovisual works.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-20131 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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