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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Eric M. Breitung, Albany, NY (US);
Eelco M. S. van Hamersveld, Raamsdonks, NL;
Daniel Robert Olson, Schenectady, NY (US);
Marc Brian Wisnudel, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a limited play optical storage media and a method for limiting access to data thereon. This storage media comprises: an optically transparent substrate; a reflective layer; a data storage layer disposed between said substrate and said reflective layer; an oxygen penetrable UV coating disposed on a side of said substrate opposite said data storage layer; and a reactive layer disposed between said UV coating and said substrate, wherein said optical storage media has an initial percent reflectivity of about 50% or greater and a subsequent percent reflectivity of about 45% or less.