On every single CD I’ve ever bought as well as every single CD player I see this logo. It can’t be a copyrighted/trademarked logo otherwise only one company would use it. So my question is: Is this some kind of government regulation? Or was the logo designed by someone and given free to the music/electronics industry? Why was the logo on CD’s prior to the advent of DVD’s? I mean obviously music that came in a 5 inch square box had to be a CD, right?
Bigger than the government; it is required by Sony/Philips, the corporate partners who developed the CD standard in the early eighties. All CD’s are made under license from them, and compatible discs must bear the familiar CD logo. Here is a link to the Sony CD page that descibes the various permutations for CD Audio, CD-ROM, Photo-CD, etc.
A lot of CD standards and technology are owned and licenced by Philips & Sony. I think the logo is theirs and its use is probably a condition of the licencing.
A disk does not necessarily have to be a Compact Disc, it could be an optical disk of a number of other data standards. It may seem a bit foolish now, as obviously a music disk of that size is going to be a CD, but when first introduced there was no knowing what other competing standards may appear and gain acceptance. So the CD logo made it clear exactly to which standard it belonged and assured the customer they were buying a compatable item.
Actually, it is a copyrighted/trademarked logo. The Compact Disc standard is owned by Philips Electronics and Sony. The logo shows that the disc in question meets the Philips/Sony licensing requirements (and should therefore work in any player designed to play discs that meet the Philips/Sony standard).
Bah, obviously the time I took to answer was long enough for Fear Itself to get in before me, but not long enough to spell licensing and compatible correctly.
Idiot.
By the way, furryman, I approve of your sig. You may kiss my ring.
An interesting question about the CD-Audio logo is whether some of the newer copy protected CDs are entitled to use it if they don’t adhere to the licensing standard.
Wow, you must really be spooky Fear Itself if even Roosevelt was scared of you. :eek: