Compact Disc - Law Dictionary Search Results
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a disk shaped optical data storage medium approximately 4 34 in in diameter which stores binary data as microscopic nonreflective holes or pits in an otherwise reflective surface and is recorded and played back by rotation in an electronic device containing a laser It is often referred to by its abbreviation CD It is a type of optical data storage medium Compact disks are used for recordings of music as well as of data for computer applications...
Jukebox
A phonograph or compact disc player with multiple discs requiring the insertion of coins prior to playing and allowing the user to select the playing of any disc in its inventory An early version was called the nickelodeon...
Goods
Goods, Computer programs are the product of an intellectual process, but once implanted in a medium they are widely distributed to computer owners. An analogy can be drawn to a compact-disc recording of an orchestral rendition. The music is produced by the artistry of musicians and in itself is not a 'good', but when transferred to a laser-readable disc it becomes a readily merchant-able commodity. Similarly, when a professor deliv-ers a lecture, it is not a good, but, when transcribed as a book, it becomes a good. That a computer program may be copyrightable as intellectual property does not alter the fact that once in the form of a floppy disc or other medium, the program is tangible, moveable and available in the marketplace. The fact that some programs may be tailored for specific purposes need not alter their status as 'goods' because the Code definition includes 'specially manufactured goods', Advent Systems Ltd. v. Unisys Corpn., 925 F. 2d 670 3dCir 1991. Associated Cement Compa...
CD R
a recordable compact disk a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read only...
CD WO
A recordable compact disk a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read only...
disc jockey
a person who plays records or compact disks of recorded music...
Compaction
The act of making compact or the state of being compact...
compact disk player
an electronic device containing a laser used to read or play back the data on a compact disk The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a CD drive Called also CD player and informally CD...
Compacted
Compact pressed close concentrated firmly united...
Compactedly
In a compact manner...
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