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CDs May be Less Immortal than We Thought

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trusting-the-media dept.

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."

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  1. i think by abscondment · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think the severity of this must have to do with some manufacturing technique. Some of the first CDs I ever bought are still in perfect shape, while others from more recent purchases are experiencing this. Anyone else confirm this?

  2. Re:Oh brother. by FLEB · · Score: 0, Troll


    ** FLEB sits back and enjoys being an Emusic subscriber... 22 cents a song, LAME VBR MP3 without DRM...

    --
    Information wants to be free.
    Entertainment wants to be paid.
    You just want to be cheap.
  3. This is Slashdot by bonch · · Score: 0, Troll

    Didn't you know that Bill Gates said something about 640KB, Linux usage is going to overtake Mac usage, the iPod Mini is a failure...oh, yeah, and everyone is allowed to violate copyright holder rights and pirate everything "just because?"

    Everyone else understands that copyright holders have the rights to the distribution of their works. But Slashdot doesn't care about what artists want--they just care about furthering piracy for selfish reasons, ripping people off.