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'''AACS LA''' ('''Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator''') is the body that develops and licenses the AACS copy-protection system used on the [[HD DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] Disc high-definition optical disc formats. 

== History ==
{{further|Advanced Access Content System#History}}

The AACS LA consortium was founded in 2004 consisting of 8 companies which are [[Intel]], [[Microsoft]], [[Panasonic]], [[IBM]], [[Sony]], [[Toshiba]], [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brother]] and [[The Walt Disney Company]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dean |first=Katie |date=15 July 2004 |title=Can Odd Alliance Beat Pirates? |url=https://www.wired.com/2004/07/can-odd-alliance-beat-pirates/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |magazine=Wired}}</ref> The [[Advanced Access Content System|AACS]] standard was delayed 2 times, the first of which were caused by development issues,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,123924-page,1/article.html |title=Toshiba Hints at HD-DVD Delay |access-date=19 October 2007 |author=Martyn Williams |date=14 December 2005 |work=pcworld.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005171717/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id%2C123924-page%2C1/article.html |archive-date=5 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> then the second from an important member of the [[Blu-ray]] group expressing concerns.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69559 |title=AACS copy protection for Blu-ray disc and HD DVD delayed again |access-date=19 October 2007 |author =Craig Morris |date=14 February 2006 |work=heise.de | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071102222432/http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69559| archive-date= 2 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> At the request of Toshiba, an interim standard was published which did not include some features, like managed copy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perenson |first=Melissa J. |date=21 March 2006 |title=Burning Questions: No Copying From First High-Def Players |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124961-page,1/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219033406/https://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124961-page,1/article.html |archive-date=19 December 2006 |access-date=25 October 2006 |website=PC World}}</ref> On July 5, 2009 the license of AACS1 went online.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calonge |first=Juan |date=8 June 2009 |title=AACS Final License Goes Online |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2849 |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=blu-ray.com}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[AACS encryption key controversy]]
*[[Advanced Access Content System]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.aacsla.com/}}


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