[Federal Register: August 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 151)]
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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 (``DVD CCA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 2, 2004, 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 simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership status. 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, Evatone, Inc., Clearwater, FL; Optrom, Inc., Miyagi-ken, 
JAPAN; Rainbo Records Mfg. Corp., Santa Monica, CA; Shanghai Epic Music 
Manufacturing Operations, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; 
Shenzhen Vall Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of 
China; and Taiwan Thick--Film Ind. Corp, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan have been 
added as parties to this venture. Also, Regency Recordings has changed 
its name to AAV Regency, Braeside, Victoria, Australia.
    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 notification 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 January 6, 
2004. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on February 12, 2004 (69 FR 7013).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-17997 Filed 8-5-04; 8:45 am]

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