Much of this related to burned discs.  It is a trickle-down version of a 
study prepared by and offerered on line by the NIST, around the same date,

Steve Smolian

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From: "Mike Richter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] New CD Report NIST


> At 12:35 PM 12/15/2004 -0600, Rick Taylor wrote:
>> > Are there studies reporting results using the procedure/standard?
>>
>>
>>I don't know, but I'm having a grand time looking.  Here is a document
>>published
>>by the Library of Congress in 2003.  "LONGEVITY OF CD MEDIA:  RESEARCH AT 
>>THE
>>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"  It's supposed to be in PDF format, but I can't seem 
>>to
>>access that version.  Maybe somebody at LOC can point the way.  In the
>>meantime, I found an HTML version by following this link:
>>
>>http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:dVmv2WvjfCYJ:www.loc.gov/preserv/study%2520of%2520CD%2520longevity.pdf+compact+disc+life+expectancy
>
> Unfortunately, the link brings up a text-only document with its 
> substantive
> content in graphics. It appears that the scope is pressed discs, not
> recordable ones; there are many lesser questions which apply.
>
> I do not want to appear to be a curmudgeon here. I have pursued questions
> of longevity of recordable optical media for some time and have not found
> better references - but neither have I found any which led to usable
> answers for the obvious questions.
>
>
> Mike
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