In what sounds to me like a bunch of sour grapes, Warren Lieberfarb on Monday came out swinging against Blu-ray and its backers.

Throughout his speech, Lieberfarb accused the Blu-ray Assn. of ignoring or subverting broad industry interests by pushing a closed, proprietary technology.

“In 2002, the studios produced a wish-list of features and characteristics that the new format should have that was agreed to by all studios without exception,” he said. “Near the top of the list was a single format, administered with a single cross-industry body. Today we have two formats and two separate administrative bodies.”

Lieberfarb, who was instrumental in developing the current DVD standard, also did his best to raise doubts about the suitability of Blu-ray technology for a home entertainment format.

Coincidentally enough, Mr. Lieberfarb was speaking at a session sponsored by the DVD Forum.

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