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Here are the sources, research material and media from my MiniDisc documentary in order of appearance:

Shopping mall electronics store: https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporwaveAesthetics/comments/jsm8ki/w_e_l_c_o_m_e
Morita with Walkman (color photo): https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/117586240250647668
1982 compact disc introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tx6TYnPat8
CD manufacturing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suQmNjH92YA
"A Comparison of the ATRAC and MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio Compression Algorithms," Christopher Hoult, University of Southampton.
"Pocket-Size Recorder Plays Music On a MiniDisc," Popular Science, August 1991.
Early 90s MD ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDCwCtZPpUw
Dayton's Electronics MiniDisc ad, Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 8, 1993.
Stereo Review, March 1993.
"Retailers Still Waiting for MD, DCC to Catch On," Billboard, January 5, 1994.
"Matsushita, Philips to Make New Cassette," The Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1991.
"The Second Coming of the Digital Cassette," Popular Science, June 1991.
Betamax SL-90 photo: https://estatesales.sale/products/sony-betamax-sl-90-player
Headline News story on DAT from 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrzVylp9PM
"Friendly Fire," Audio Magazine, May 1993.
"Majors Mixed on Mini Disc Support," Billboard, March 28, 1992.
"Philips, Sony Agree to Work Together On Mini Disc, DCC," Billboard, October 19, 1991.
"Digital-audio truce," Popular Science, February 1991.
Philips cassette recorder: https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/news/media-library/20190101-First-Philips-cassette-recorder-1963.html
Grundig DC International cassette: https://obsoletemedia.org/dc-international/dc-international-cassette-front
"Sony," John Nathan, pp. 129.
"Global Execs Fear Pirates Will Grab DCC Business," Billboard, March 9, 1991.
"Music Biz Upset Over Philips' Plan For Recordable CD," Billboard, October 10, 1992.
"CBS Records to Sony Corp in $2 billion deal," Chicago Tribune, November 19, 1987.
"Majors to NARM: Support the Cassette," Billboard, November 5, 1994.
"Cassette Defects Force Delay Of DCC Japan Launch," Billboard, October 10, 1992.
Philips DCC ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rnlp5_fZSk
"Hammering Out Details Of DCC Debut," Billboard, May 30, 1992.
Sony MiniDisc ad: https://64.media.tumblr.com/3ef7907a59fb003d003b66f69e1261f1/tumblr_oybk2r1ZQt1sywf0oo3_1280.png
Sony building: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sony_Building_Ginza_2009.jpg
Philips Eindhoven headquarters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips#/media/File:Lichttoren_Eindhoven_1.JPG
"Philips Profits Plummet," Billboard, September 7, 1985.
Philips Video 2000 recorder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_2000#/media/File:Philips_Video_2000_VR2324.JPG
"Philips System Losing Ground," Billboard, January 15, 1983.
Cor Boonstra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_Boonstra#/media/File:Cor_Boonstra_(1986).jpg
"DCC Called Dead; MD Seems Frail," Billboard, February 11, 1995.
1992 Tokyo HD footage: https://youtu.be/KJQsGpCDX54
Book Off CD shelves: https://www.flickr.com/photos/real_tokyo/9461289082
Tower Records vinyl section: https://www.shinjuku-guide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TOWERVINYL02.jpg
"A Sour Note for U.S.," The Los Angeles Times, November 25, 1991.
GEO store: https://cdn.base.geonet.jp/img/shop/03326shop.jpg
GEO store: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31029865@N06/26377838896
Tsutaya Ibaraki store: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TSUTAYA_Ibaraki.JPG
GEO store: https://www.flickr.com/photos/klouis/14615473685
GEO store: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127853799@N06/16152344581
"Rental records go to court," The Advocate, October 12, 1982.
Japanese Diet, House of Representatives chamber: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimtaro/286656665
Japanese Diet exterior: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg
Japanese Copyright Act: http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_footer/?re=02&dn=1&x=27&y=6&co=1&ha=02&ia=03&ja=04&yo=&gn=&sy=&ht=&no=&bu=&ta=&ky=copyright&page=48&id=2506
http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_download/?ff=14&id=2506&x=41&y=8
"CD rentals at heart of a copyright dispute," The News Journal, December 16, 1991.
GEO store: https://cdn.base.geonet.jp/img/shop/02636shop.jpg
"MiniDisc Revival Brews Abroad," Billboard, July 24, 1999.
"Audio Home Recording Act Passes," Billboard, October 17, 1992.
Tstutaya store: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47741487@N06/5576873096
DigiCube site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010417005649/http://www.digicube.co.jp/ir/index_e.html
V-Sync kiosk: http://www.minidisc.org/md_kiosk.html
DigiCube DCT kiosk: https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010308/ippf3.jpg
"International Newsline," Billboard, November 25, 2000.
Sony keyboard: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESgIi8EXcAAjmTr?format=jpg&name=large
Sony CD/MD combo deck closeup: https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/dr000/auc0111/users/f38b430594304c21fc6d5262cdba5d93bb0be340/i-img1200x1200-1604719128g30tif893379.jpg
MD deck in BMW: https://photos.classiccars.com/cc-temp/listing/130/1926/18804281-1994-bmw-m3-std.jpg
Toyota car MD deck: https://imgur.com/IO5Pl6L
Toyota SUV MD deck: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/imo-the-greatest-jdm-audio-swap-ever-cassette-to-minidisc.1197535
Crutchfield catalog photo: https://www.picuki.com/media/2215665107537766730
Sony WX-C100REC car stereo: https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/dr000/auc0203/users/e36c68e11ae25a96cd67f9228629fb11f02c9a0a/i-img1200x900-1615039118nifj7s176882.jpg
Sony MDX-G77REC car stereo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEmh_HbEi1U
Sony MDH-10 video by LGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzwtCBj5jEs
"Is Iomega's Zip Tomorrow's Floppy Drive?," PC Magazine, June 27, 1995.
Zip 100 drive: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/ZIP_Drive_100%2C_2.jpg
"The Gig is Up," Popular Science, February 1999.
"Micron offers Zip as a default disk drive," InfoWorld, February 23, 1998.
Tascam 414 cassette multitrack: https://electricdenimstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tascam-414-Mkii-Portastudio-Track-Cassette-Recorder-01-1.jpg
Computer digital audio workstation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editing_(clip)_-_Skyphone_retreat_@_Hotell_Hildur,_Ever%C3%B6d,_Sweden,_April_16,_2010.jpg
Concert taper mics: https://phish.net/blog/1308867492/beyond-the-boards-the-taping-tradition-lives-on.html
Portable MD recorder with mic: https://reverb.com/item/30413311-sony-mz-r70-minidisc-recorder-and-stereo-mic-package
Jason Mraz Live at First Avenue: https://archive.org/details/jmraz2003-10-20.cmc-4.shnf
NAB cart players: https://cdn.thegreatbear.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8-track-cart-NAB-cart_1000.jpg
Loading an NAB cart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BegXu9fho4Q
Maya 1010 audio interface: https://www.esi-audio.com/products/maya1010
90's computer audio workstation: https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/can-you-still-make-music-elderly-pc
https://dt7v1i9vyp3mf.cloudfront.net/styles/news_large/s3/imagelibrary/p/pcmusicianheader-1206-Qk6BoX.Z327H8tsRTIomkcNR_Vu16IXq.jpg
Sony MDS-E58 recorder: http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mds-e58.jpg
2002 Argos catalog: http://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/argos-2002-minidisc-catalogue-pages.4500
1999 MD halfpipe ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjxmLjzlqsc
Prerecorded MDs on shelf: https://i.redd.it/d33f9vg9vfp61.jpg
Sony DADC Austria: https://www.sn.at/wiki/images/3/3b/Sony_Thalgau.jpg
"MiniDisc Still a Niche Format In US," Billboard, July 24, 1999.
"Technology Quickstudy: MP3," Computerworld, May 10, 1999.
Napster screen shot: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Napster_running_on_an_original_iBook_%282001-03-11%29.png
LimeWire screen shot: https://cdn.idropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/08101746/LimeWire.jpg
"Music From Rio," Popular Science, March 1999.
"Creative Nomad II," Maximum PC, June 2000.
MD blank media ad: The Tenneseean, October 15, 2003.
Apple Infinite Loop building: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Apple_Headquarters_in_Cupertino.jpg
Mac 128k: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Apple_Mac_128K_%28Little_Apple_Museum%29_%288032166846%29.jpg
PowerBook 100: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Powerbook_100_pose.jpg
"Apple's Service Tests Music Biz," Billboard, May 10, 2003.
"NARM Faces The Music," Billboard, April 28, 2007.
Onkyo MD-105FX: https://www.ebay.com/c/21024761839
"Iomega Zip 750MB," Maximum PC, November 2002.
DVD burner: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dvdburner.jpg
"Sony to Wind Up MiniDisc Walkman Shipments," Nikkei, July 7, 2011.
"Sony bids farewell to the MiniDisc," CNet, February 3, 2013.
"MiniDisc: The format that failed," https://www.t3.com/us/news/minidisc-the-format-that-failed
"The MiniDisc: The failure of a forgotten format," https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/the-minidisc-the-failure-of-a-gorgotten-format-fdb691f6987f
Aiwa CSD-MD15: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-dWLyPUEAA4WEb.jpg
Toyota car MD deck: https://blauda.com/uploads/product/2019-04-11/06f8219e744f96e65cfeb5a002ecef1c.JPG

Additional research material:

"MiniDisc: A Replacement for the Audio Compact Cassette," https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/SonyHistory/2-10.html
"The Sony MiniDisc," Brandon Seong-Shin Hong, 2000. (http://www.minidisc.org/econ113-paper.htm)
"Does the Japanese Rental System of Music CDs Adversely Affect Their Sale?", Sumiko Asai, 2011. (http://www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp%2Fpublication%2Fpdf2011%2F06ASAI.pdf)
"Japan's Unique Music Industry", 2015. (https://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/offices/japan/news/2015/news_0034.html)
"European Business and Marketing," Phil Harris and Frank McDonald
Sony revenue in 1996: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/ar/ar_sony_1996.pdf
Philips revenue in 1996: https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/philips-electronics-north-america-corporation

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