On Fri, 29 May 2009 19:19:43 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 May 2009 17:11:38 -0400, Warp wrote:
>> 
>>> Optical media has the advantage that it doesn't degrade.
>> 
>> Wrong, it does.  Over time the dyes (especially in cheaper optical
>> media) will fade and you'll start getting read errors.
>> 
>> I do have some optical media that that has happened to.
> 
> And pressed CDs are MORE prone to degradation than CD-Rs. Hence, making
> backups of bought software/music is indeed a good idea (DRM permitting).

No disagreement there.  First thing I do on the rare occasion I get a 
music CD is rip it to MP3.  Of course it usually ends up on my iPod 
then. :-)

Jim

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