>Is there any authoritative source for these claims?  I looked
>at the links you provided and did some Googling on my own and
>mostly what I saw is "I think" and "I've read" type comments.
>Personal opinions but no scientific data.

>I believe this subject (extraordinarily short lifetime of data
>stored on CDs and DVDs) falls into the
>category of Urban Myth.  And I'll believe so until I see
>some actual data or authority (e.g. CD Mfr, NIST, or
>peer reviewed publication) that says otherwise.

There was a manufacturing problem with ordinary CDs back in the late 80's,
early 90's, where the edge of the disk was not properly sealed and moisture
or some other environmental effect was getting in to the metallic layer, and
destroying it. The manufacturers did not own up to it until they had the
problem under control after a lot of people found problems with music CDs
they were buying went faulty.

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