Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv@cdc.gov]

That is the warning The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS - news) will issue this August when it begins to "rent" DVDs that after two days become unplayable and do not have to be returned.

[Of course computer tinkerers can't prevent it from rusting, but chemical tinkerers will have fun. Or are inert gasses to be banned under DMCA? Hmmm, a hermetic case-mod..]

...or keep them in the freezer between viewings. The thing to do is to get the Greens screaming about the eco pollution factor of zillions of disks filling landfills. Peter