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DualDisc is an optical disc format for storing digital data promoted by the RIAA. Essentially, DualDisc is a combination of a compact disc (CD) with a DVD, with one format on one side of the disc and the other on the opposite. Some consider DualDisc to be the DVD-Forum's way of competing with the Super audio compact disc (SACD) format, which to date Sony and Philips promote.

The inclusion of additional contents is considered an incentive to slow down copyright infringing file sharing. As of early 2005, several music albums are released in the United States in this format only.

There has been some controversy surrounding the DualDisc format as of late, as a German inventor of the DVD Plus specification claims that DualDisc is in violation of its essential patents.

High profile releases in this format include Nine Inch Nails' remastered The Downward Spiral and Duran Duran's Astronaut. The latter, ironically, is released on Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a subsidary of the co-creators of SACD.

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-The [[RIAA]] promotes '''DualDisc''', an [[optical disc]] [[format]] for [[Computer storage|storing]] [[digital]] [[data]].
+'''DualDisc''' is an [[optical disc]] [[format]] for [[Computer storage|storing]] [[digital]] [[data]] promoted by the [[RIAA]]. Essentially, DualDisc is a combination of a [[compact disc]] (CD) with a [[DVD]], with one format on one side of the disc and the other on the opposite. Some consider DualDisc to be the DVD-Forum's way of [[competition|competing]] with the [[Super audio compact disc]] (SACD) format, which to date [[Sony]] and [[Philips]] promote.
+The inclusion of additional contents is considered an incentive to slow down copyright infringing [[file sharing]]. As of early [[2005]], several music albums are released in the United States in this format only.
-Essentially, DualDisc is a combination of a [[compact disc]] (CD) with a [[DVD]], with one format on one side of the disc and the other on the opposite. Some consider DualDisc to be the DVD-Forum's way of [[competition|competing]] with the [[Super audio compact disc]] (SACD) format, which to date [[Sony]] and [[Philips]] promote.
+There has been some controversy surrounding the DualDisc format as of late, as a German inventor of the [[DVD Plus]] specification claims that DualDisc is in violation of its essential patents.
-The inclusion of additional contents is considered an incentive to stop [[file sharing]]. As of early [[2005]], several music albums are released in the United States in this format only.
+High profile releases in this format include [[Nine Inch Nails]]' remastered ''[[The Downward Spiral]]'' and [[Duran Duran]]'s ''[[Astronaut (album)|Astronaut]]''. The latter, ironically, is released on [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]], a subsidary of the co-creators of SACD.
-There has been some controversy [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626691/9 (See MSNBC article)] surrounding the DualDisc format as of late, as a German inventor of the [[DVD Plus]] specification claims that DualDisc is in violation of its essential patents.
-High profile releases in this format include [[Nine Inch Nails]]' remastered ''[[The Downward Spiral]]'' and [[Duran Duran]]'s ''[[Astronaut (album)|Astronaut]]''. The latter, ironically, is released on SonyBMG, the creators of SACD.
 == References ==
-* [http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/dvd-forum-approves-dualdisc-016158.php "DVD Forum Approves DualDisc"], a [[14 June]] [[2004]] [[Gizmodo]] entry
+* [http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/dvd-forum-approves-dualdisc-016158.php "DVD Forum Approves DualDisc"], a [[14 June]] [[2004]] Gizmodo entry
 * [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/business/media/21dual.html?ex=1401595200&en=935183cee9a4bd49&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The Music Goes on Side A and the Flip Side Is a DVD]
 * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/09/dualdisc_rollout_threat/ DualDisc rollout challenged by Euro patent holder]
+* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626691/9 Reuters' '''DualDisc' headaches for record industry'']
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