Continental Automotive Joined DVD CCA, 2 Others Withdrew: DOJ
German automotive parts manufacturer Continental Automotive joined the DVD Copy Control Association, and Coresystem Technology of Hong Kong and A-Com International of Taiwan withdrew, the association told the DOJ and the FTC in simultaneous “written notifications” Aug. 30, said a…
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notice for Thursday’s Federal Register. Coresystem is a distributor of electronic parts and A-Com is a supplier of memory components and custom modules. Membership in DVD CCA, licensor of the DVD format’s copy protection system, "remains open," and the association “intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership,” said Suzanne Morris, chief-premerger and division statistics in DOJ’s Antitrust Division. The notifications are required to extend DVD CCA members antitrust protections under the 1993 National Cooperative Research and Production Act, said Morris.