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‘Friends’ DVD, Digital Sales Soar as It Takes a Break From Streaming

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Data from retail tracking service NPD VideoScan reveals that after the announcements that “Friends” and “The Office” would disappear from Netflix (the latter series at the end of 2020) and move to streaming sites HBO Max and Peacock, respectively, disc sales for both complete series skyrocketed: Physical sales spiked in July and remained high through the end of the year. – Michael Schneider, Variety » https://ift.tt/2V7IIVV

Vinyl Record Sales Experienced Double-Digit Growth Once Again Last Year

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Last year, vinyl sales grew by an even more impressive 20 percent. The format now accounts for 13.7 percent of all physical music sales, up from just eight percent two years ago. This is partially attributable to the decline of CDs, which saw sales fall 18.5 percent from last year. Still, consumers purchased over 60 million physical CDs last year, compared to less than 10 million vinyl records. – BuzzAngle Music via Chris Mench, Genius http://bit.ly/2SFpnY3

The Hidden Phenomenon That Could Ruin Your Old Discs

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Michele Youket, a preservation specialist at The Library of Congress, often deals with similar situations in her role. She says that this kind of silent destruction, which shows up in three different forms—the “bronzing” of discs, small pin-hole specs located on the discs, or “edge-rot”—became an important one for the national library when the organization started archiving music on CD formats, with the format’s weaknesses soon becoming apparent. – Ernie Smith, MOTHERBOARD https://ift.tt/2t0C7yD

Redbox Says Disney Engaging in Copyright Misuse to Protect Coming Streaming Service

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On Tuesday, Redbox suggested in court that Disney is engaged in copyright misuse and seeks “to stifle competition to more smoothly launch Disney’s own digital content streaming service, maximize the price other services like iTunes and Amazon (and their customers) pay for Disney movies, and secure a greater market share for Hulu — the viewing service Disney will control as part of its $52 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox.” – Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter http://ift.tt/2mONXYO

Filmmakers Want The Right to Break DRM and Rip Blu-Rays

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In a comment to the United States Copyright Office, which is currently considering updates to the exemptions, they argue that all filmmakers should be allowed by break DRM and rip Blu-Rays. According to the filmmakers, the documentary genre is vaguely defined. This leads to a lot of confusion whether or not the exemptions apply. They, therefore, suggest to apply it to all filmmakers, instead of criminalizing those who don’t identify themselves as documentarians. – Ernesto, TorrentFreak http://ift.tt/2CenPPY
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