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DVD Format/Logo Licensing Program will be terminated at the end of 2024

33 points by zinekeller 3y ago

extua 3y ago
I wasn't aware you needed a license to use the DVD format. Does this deprecation of the licensing scheme suggest any opportunities for creative uses of DVD? What's the situation for Blu-Rays?
- SahAssar 3y ago
  I think you needed a license to use the logo, not necessarily to use the format.
  - LocalH 3y ago
    This. If you ever saw budget DVDs without the actual DVD logo (the one seen in the upper right corner of the link), but with a DVD logo of a completely different style, this is why.
- deleted 3y ago
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thesnide 3y ago
This has a particular resonance when coupled with the enshittification of streaming https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179418
- runsfromfire 3y ago
  Can you explain a bit more how removing licensing procedures for the “DVD” logo has any connection to the quality of streaming?
  - hakfoo 3y ago
    The physical release was always the contrast to streaming. It should have offered a quality encoding and additional features not available on streams, and of course the permanence of "it won't suddenly disappear because they only negotiated a n-year license." As streaming gets worse, the alternative becomes progressively more compelling-- especially for "signature" movies. It ends up in the same place vinyl and CDs do in a Spotify world. But the DVD industry is basically saying 'we no longer consider ourselves a commercial endeavour worthy of trying to have a trade association and logo programme.' The phrasing > Currently we are preparing the scheme that enables any manufacturer to manufacture DVD Products without "License" on and after January 1, 2025. I wonder if this will mean that we'll see the release or wind-down of the DRM facilities associated with the format. Otherwise, you could hardly make interoperable "DVD Products".
    - runsfromfire 3y ago
      I’m still not sure what you mean in regards to the quality of streaming content. I’m not even sure whether you mean “quality” in terms of bitrate/picture clarity or “quality” in terms of the production value/content being created.
klaude 3y ago
Wasn't this licence the case of Nintendo Wii console using DVD format for games, but couldn't play movies because of lack of licencing?
garaetjjte 3y ago
DVD FLLC? How is that related to DVD Forum or DVD+RW Alliance? And why they use Comic Sans on their site...
Xeyz0r 3y ago
It feels like something is slipping away... (I'm talking about the logo, so many memories)

33 points by zinekeller 3y ago

I wasn't aware you needed a license to use the DVD format. Does this deprecation of the licensing scheme suggest any opportunities for creative uses of DVD? What's the situation for Blu-Rays?

SahAssar 3y ago
I think you needed a license to use the logo, not necessarily to use the format.
- LocalH 3y ago
  This. If you ever saw budget DVDs without the actual DVD logo (the one seen in the upper right corner of the link), but with a DVD logo of a completely different style, this is why.
deleted 3y ago
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thesnide 3y ago

This has a particular resonance when coupled with the enshittification of streaming https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179418

runsfromfire 3y ago
Can you explain a bit more how removing licensing procedures for the “DVD” logo has any connection to the quality of streaming?
- hakfoo 3y ago
  The physical release was always the contrast to streaming. It should have offered a quality encoding and additional features not available on streams, and of course the permanence of "it won't suddenly disappear because they only negotiated a n-year license." As streaming gets worse, the alternative becomes progressively more compelling-- especially for "signature" movies. It ends up in the same place vinyl and CDs do in a Spotify world. But the DVD industry is basically saying 'we no longer consider ourselves a commercial endeavour worthy of trying to have a trade association and logo programme.' The phrasing > Currently we are preparing the scheme that enables any manufacturer to manufacture DVD Products without "License" on and after January 1, 2025. I wonder if this will mean that we'll see the release or wind-down of the DRM facilities associated with the format. Otherwise, you could hardly make interoperable "DVD Products".
  - runsfromfire 3y ago
    I’m still not sure what you mean in regards to the quality of streaming content. I’m not even sure whether you mean “quality” in terms of bitrate/picture clarity or “quality” in terms of the production value/content being created.

klaude 3y ago

Wasn't this licence the case of Nintendo Wii console using DVD format for games, but couldn't play movies because of lack of licencing?

garaetjjte 3y ago

DVD FLLC? How is that related to DVD Forum or DVD+RW Alliance? And why they use Comic Sans on their site...

Xeyz0r 3y ago

It feels like something is slipping away... (I'm talking about the logo, so many memories)