[Jack Wilson]

My exact quote was: "DVD's and CD's are among the most durable products you can purchase" and I will stand by that. These things will be filling landfills for centuries. Plastic is durable. I still have my 45's purchased back in the early 60's and they still play, although not as well as CD's will years from now. Of course, they can get scratched or warped or broken.

I can't think of any other products that offer free replacements if your dogs chew them up or your children break them. Not sure why the music industry has to do that.

[Gumption]

I can't think of any other products that offer free replacements if your dogs chew them up or your children break them

You don't think very well. Ever hear of Craftsman?

[Paladin2]

"These things will be filling landfills for centuries. "

They are already filling landfills. Didn't you get any AOL CDs in the mail?

"Plastic is durable"

There are only two kinds of plastic: Broken plastic and plastic that hasn't broken yet.

[CodeMonkey]

Not sure why the music industry has to do that.

All that is being asked for is a legal right to be able to backup your own media whether it is shackled with DRM like DVDs are or not.

[Proud_texan]

Mebbe they've solved it but some CDs suffer from CD "rot". I've heard of two causes; a bad formulation of the glue used for the lamination or incorrect climate control during the manfacturing process.

It is real, I have a number that have delaminated and mostly won't play. These are mostly CDs that are 10-12 years old, it takes a while.

I didn't try real hard but I did ask and I was told there was no manfacturing defect warrenty. Sadly most of them are out of print.