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Sony won't phase out Blu-ray movie and game discs, only ceasing production on consumer BD-R
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
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They’re not the only ones making that media, right? Or do they make the media for everyone and put other names like Memorex on the label?
Don’t the other companies still have to license or at least pay royalties to Sony to make BD-R or that only for commercial discs?
Unless I’m mistaken, and I probably am, the patents on blueray should have expired by now. Software side might be covered under copyright right though. Not sure if software can be copyrighted though tbh.
Software is copyrighted but nothing stops you from coding your own identical version. You just can't re-use any code from the original.