However, the next big move for Sony has been projected that they will "buy out" the HD-DVD camp to squash it for good, thus in the process, they would OWN the licensing...
Not saying that they will do anything with it, but if they own it at some point, they certainly could. Of course, I am not a huge Sony fan (I do own a Sony digital camcorder from about 6 years ago), and think that I could get a better product from someone else, but still. I think that they could certainly influence what happens moving forward.