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CDs May be Less Immortal than We Thought
Zordak writes "The near-immortality of CDs, sometimes used as an excuse by record companies as an argument for their high cost, may not be as eternal as touted. An article at CNN describes the problem of CD Rot rearing its head to deny you access to your music and data. The article also describes related problems with CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs."
cd rot has been known about for years, there's been other /. articles about it
You may have not been doing this for malicious reasons, but you're statement is inaccurate! :)
According to Apple's site you can write songs an unlimited amount of times. You can only write a specific PLAYLISTS X amount of times. I think it's 5.
I have burned songs to CDs quite a few times and never had a problem. I've made at least 20 backups of my music collection, including purchased AACs.
iTunes has a very fair and very liberal usage policy IMO.
Zed's dead baby. Zed's dead.
My first CD-Rs (over 10 years old) also still work perfectly. Some simple rules I follow are:
- Buy CD-Rs withouth printed label (the printing process causes material stress)
- Burn them at low speed (the lowest my current burner allows with my SW is 8x)
- Verify the data after writing (very important!)
- Always be careful with the label side (e.g. don't put that side on the table, dirt could cause scratches)
- Prevent hot temperatures and direct sunlight
I later found some advisory text that basically said the same thing.
I later found some advisory text that basically said the same thing.
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I googled a bit and found that text again (was in
I've got a Beatles CD that says (C) 1963 right on the disc. Either the CD format was in beta longer than we thought, or more likely, the copyright applies to the audio recording independent of the medium it's fixed in.