Spurred by the growth of writable compact disc drives in computers, with consumers using them for everything from creating music CDs to computer back-ups to basic file copying, retailers are starting ...

Q: I noticed that there are two different types of blank CDs on the market — data and music. Is there any real difference, and, if so, would the quality of the sound suffer by burning a music CD on a ...

Napster is teaming up with Imation, a maker of optical media products, to market and distribute Napster-branded blank CDs and DVDs in North America. The online music company also announced an ...

There was a time when burning a blank CD-ROM in your own home sparked feelings of wonder and joy as if you were performing a minor miracle. What once seemed like a technical marvel has, like so many ...

Here's the deal: I bought a ton (400+) of blank CDs a while back. They were generic silver CD-Rs, rated at up to 12X, I believe. I burned some CDs with them occasionally on my Plextor 16X burner. Both ...

Company is being sued for millions of dollars for selling blank CDs, cassette tapes, memory cards, and MP3 players to Austrian customers who might have used them to record copyrighted music. CNET ...

Amazon's spent quite a bit of time in court as of late; in addition to a recently settled trademark dispute with Apple, a row with an Austrian copyright collection agency is keeping the e-tailer busy.

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A European court examines the case of an Austrian copyright-collecting society pursuing the digital retailer. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Bezos at a 2009 press conference in New York ...