9 Apparatus and instruments for recording and reproducing sound and/or images on optical discs, namely, optical disc recorders, optical disc readers, optical disc writers, optical disc drives; Replication apparatus for use in the pre-mastering and mastering of optical discs, namely, glass master discs, metal master discs, optical disc stampers, scanners, and automatic laser inspection machines; Computer hardware for use in the manufacture of optical discs, glass master discs, and metal master discs, and for metalizing, electroforming, polishing, cutting and stamping optical discs; Sound recordings, namely, audio cassette tapes, compact discs, DVDs and optical discs featuring music and speech and recordings of natural sound; Image recordings, namely, DVDs, optical discs and video recordings featuring music, images, sound, data and/or text, motion picture films, and computer games; Pre-recorded magnetic tapes featuring musical sound recordings, musical video recordings, motion picture films, computer software games, and interactive multi-media computer game programs; Pre-recorded cassettes and cartridges for use therewith featuring musical sound recordings, musical video recordings, motion picture films, computer software games, interactive multi-media computer game programs; Blank information storage media, namely, glass master discs, metal master discs, stampers, records, discs, optical discs, digital discs, compact discs, CD-ROMs, compact disc-graphic discs, compact disc-interactive discs, compact disc audio discs, compact disc video discs, compact disc recordable discs, SACDs, video discs, multi-media discs, mini discs, video discs, digital video discs, digital versatile discs, DVD-ROMs, DVD audio discs, DVD recordable discs, laser discs, vinyl discs; Pre-recorded information storage media, namely, glass master discs, metal master discs, stampers, records, discs, optical discs, digital discs, compact discs, CD-ROMs, compact disc-graphic discs, compact disc-interactive discs, compact disc audio discs, compact disc video discs, compact disc recordable discs, SACDs, video discs, multi-medial discs, mini discs, video discs, digital video discs, digital versatile discs, DVD-ROMs, DVD audio discs, DVD recordable discs, laser discs, vinyl discs, all featuring musical sound recordings, motion picture films featuring a wide range of subject matters, computer software games, or interactive multi-media computer games; racks and cases, all adapted to hold recordings, discs or tapes; Computers; Computer hardware; Computer software and firmware for use in recording and reproducing sound, images, data, text, cinematographic film, computer games and interactive multi-media games onto optical discs; Blank data bearing record carriers, namely, blank magnetic data carriers and optical discs; Pre-recorded data bearing record carriers, namely, magnetic data carriers and optical discs featuring music, images, sound, data, text, motion picture films, computer games, multi-media applications for multi-media applications comprised of a combination of text, graphics, voice and video and computer software for business purposes, namely, for use in recording and reproducing sound and/or images and for replicating discs and tapes; Cases adapted for storing compact discs; and parts thereof