[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62541-62542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24804]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--DVD Copy Control Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 10, 2008, 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

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simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Futarque A/S. Aalborg, DENMARK; Kat 
Digital Corp., Taipei, TAIWAN; Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA; and 
Skydigital Inc., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, Ascent Media Group, LLC, Santa Monica, CA; Coretek Limited, 
Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; Estorage Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei, 
TAIWAN; Exatel Visual Systems, Ltd., Rehovot, ISRAEL; Hansong (Nanjing) 
Electronic Ltd., Nanjing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Jiangsu Hongtu 
High Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Link 
Concept Technology Ltd., Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; New Medium, London, 
UNITED KINGDOM; Premium Disc Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA; TOMEN 
Electronics Limited, Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; Universal Pacific Co., 
Ltd., Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; and Via Technologies, Inc., Taipei, 
TAIWAN have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    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 notifications 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 June 12, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 21, 2008 (73 FR 42366)

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-24804 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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