Do I need a licence to use AC3 on a retail disk?

[Jenny Davis]

If I use AC3 sound on a DVD I am making to sell to the general public, do I have to have any sort of licence from Dolby to do so?

[unskinnyboy]

I believe you do.

http://www.dolby.com/professional/licensing_trademark/basics.html
http://www.dolby.com/professional/licensing_trademark/apply_license.cfm

[danpos]

Hypercube had a similar question and he got a answer from Dolby:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=837660#post837660

See ya,

[Jenny Davis]

Thank you for that information, that's just what I was hoping to hear. I think this question should be added to the AC3 FAQ as it seems the obvious first question to ask when you use any of Dolby's formats (i.e. do I need to have a licence to use it?)