The DVD Content Control Association, a consortium of media and electronics companies, sued Kaleidescape in 2005.

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The Toshiba-led consortium that backs HD DVD had only one of the major studios -- General Electric Co.

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The Americans have been keeping up a steady stream of advice about DVD since 1991, though the consortium was formally introduced to the public only this year.

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That law may have some bearing on the Digg case as well, as the consortium that owns the HD-DVD encryption code considers how to prevent more users from seeing the digits posted on the site.

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When Sony insisted that its single-sided disc was superior for personal computers, Matsushita came up with a single-sided, dual-layered disc that the Toshiba consortium immediately adopted for computer use. (Matsushita had been working on its own DVD format before joining forces with Toshiba.) At the Berlin Electronics Show last month, executives from Sony and Philips confirmed that they had resumed talks aborted earlier with the Toshiba alliance.

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