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BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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China Auto Manufacturing Industry

BINZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - A worker produces brake discs at a workshop of an auto parts manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2023.

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-MUSEUM-ART EXHIBITIONS (CN)

(230415) -- HANGZHOU, April 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at "Four White Discs and Red Rubber" by Alexander Calder at the Hangzhou Pavilion of the Meet You Museum in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, April 14, 2023. The Hangzhou Pavilion of the Meet You Museum officially opened on Friday. Two exhibitions featuring artworks of well-known Western artists including Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet were launched for the public on the opening day. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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Sony to release digital Walkman with built-in hard disk

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said July 1 it will put its new Walkman NW-HD1, capable of storing up to 1,300 songs, on the Japanese market on July 10 to pave the way for global sales. Containing a 20-gigabyte hard disk, the NW-HD1 can store the equivalent of 900 compact discs and run up to 30 hours on a single charge of its battery. It can be hooked up to a personal computer to download music.

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Matsushita unveils DVD recorder adopting Blu-ray Disc format

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. unveiled June 30 what it calls the world's first DVD recorder that supports single-side, dual-layer Blu-ray Discs with a maximum capacity of 50 gigabytes. The DMR-E700BD, the high-end model of Matsushita's DIGA DVD recorder series, will be available in Japan on an open-price basis on July 31.

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Retailers vexed by pirated CDs in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Employees at a music store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, examine pirated compact discs (CDs), a major headache for such retailers. The owner of the shop said pirated music CDs and videos are mass produced in China, smuggled into Vietnam and sold at one-fourth regular prices. Vietnamese authorities have begun considering legal measures to regulate pirated CDs, but are unlikely to be able to stem their spread, at least for now in the absence of adequate laws in the country protecting intellectual property rights.

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Jazz singer to give CDs to 4,300 U.S. retirement homes

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Jazz vocalist Shoko Shiraishi, 30, poses July 31 as she prepares for a jazz concert on Aug. 2 in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, the proceeds from which will be used to donate compact discs of her music to about 4,300 U.S. retirement homes. The CD features American jazz music of the 1930's and 40's.

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Disc Golf European Open in Nokia, Finland

Discs on sale at the Discmania's pop-up pro shop during the Disc Golf European Open event in Nokia, Finland, on July 22, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / KALLE PARKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kalle Parkkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Disc Golf European Open in Nokia, Finland

Discs on sale at the Discmania's pop-up pro shop during the Disc Golf European Open event in Nokia, Finland, on July 22, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / KALLE PARKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kalle Parkkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Jazz singer to give CDs to 4,300 U.S. retirement homes

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Jazz vocalist Shoko Shiraishi, 30, poses July 31 as she prepares for a jazz concert on Aug. 2 in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, the proceeds from which will be used to donate compact discs of her music to about 4,300 U.S. retirement homes. The CD features American jazz music of the 1930's and 40's.

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The Runaways (2010)

Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, Scout Taylor-Compton & Kristen Stewart Characters: Cherie Currie, Kim Fowley, Robin, Lita Ford, Joan Jett Film: The Runaways (USA 2010) Director: Floria Sigismondi 24 January 2010 Date: 24 January 2010

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FIRST NATIONAL VITAPHONE TALKING PICTURE

FIRST NATIONAL VITAPHONE TALKING PICTURE First National was a cinema and production company bought by Warner Bros in 1928. It continued with its separate identity for some years. Here it advertises in 1929 Vitaphone a film sound system using discs on which the film sound was recorded in the studios and reproduced from discs in the cinemas, rather than from a track printed on the film which technique replaced the disc system within a few years. Date:

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An album of several records from a recently released film NI

An album of several records from a recently released film NIGHT AND DAY , a biopic loosely based on the life of composer COLE PORTER. The music on the discs played by the DAVID ROSE ORCHESTRA Date: 1946

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VITAPHONE The

VITAPHONE The sound film system using gramophone discs developed by the WESTERN ELECTRIC Company and the WARNER BROTHERS film company. The origin of the name is probably the VITAGRAPH Co which began in 1896 and Warner Bros bought in 1926.

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VITAPHONE The

VITAPHONE The sound film system using gramophone discs developed by the WESTERN ELECTRIC Company and the WARNER BROTHERS film company. The origin of the name is probably the VITAGRAPH Co which began in 1896 and Warner Bros bought in 1926.

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Dubbing artists voluntarily read literary works into CDs for blind

The Japan Braille Library shows in Tokyo on March 25, 2015, a set of compact discs containing veteran voice actor Genzo Wakayama's recording of Takiji Kobayashi's proletariat novel "Kanikosen" (The Crab Cannery Ship). An increasing number of popular dubbing artists are voluntarily recording CDs of literary works for the blind. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Karel Gott, Charlotte Ella Gott

Czech pop singer Karel Gott gives an interview to the Czech News Agency (CTK), and, together with his daughter Charlotte Ella Gott, present his golden discs compilation in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 18, 2019. Gott, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on July 14, has been considered the most successful male pop singer in Czechoslovakia and Czechia. Apart from his homeland, Gott has many fans in Germany. He has won the Czech Nightingale annual music award 42 times. He has been a pop singer for more than 60 years. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Karel Gott, Charlotte Ella Gott

Czech pop singer Karel Gott gives an interview to the Czech News Agency (CTK), and, together with his daughter Charlotte Ella Gott, present his golden discs compilation in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 18, 2019. Gott, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on July 14, has been considered the most successful male pop singer in Czechoslovakia and Czechia. Apart from his homeland, Gott has many fans in Germany. He has won the Czech Nightingale annual music award 42 times. He has been a pop singer for more than 60 years. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Karel Gott, Charlotte Ella Gott

Czech pop singer Karel Gott gives an interview to the Czech News Agency (CTK), and, together with his daughter Charlotte Ella Gott, present his golden discs compilation in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 18, 2019. Gott, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on July 14, has been considered the most successful male pop singer in Czechoslovakia and Czechia. Apart from his homeland, Gott has many fans in Germany. He has won the Czech Nightingale annual music award 42 times. He has been a pop singer for more than 60 years. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Matsushita unveils DVD recorder adopting Blu-ray Disc format

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. unveiled June 30 what it calls the world's first DVD recorder that supports single-side, dual-layer Blu-ray Discs with a maximum capacity of 50 gigabytes. The DMR-E700BD, the high-end model of Matsushita's DIGA DVD recorder series, will be available in Japan on an open-price basis on July 31. (Kyodo)

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Retailers vexed by pirated CDs in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Employees at a music store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, examine pirated compact discs (CDs), a major headache for such retailers. The owner of the shop said pirated music CDs and videos are mass produced in China, smuggled into Vietnam and sold at one-fourth regular prices. Vietnamese authorities have begun considering legal measures to regulate pirated CDs, but are unlikely to be able to stem their spread, at least for now in the absence of adequate laws in the country protecting intellectual property rights.