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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | I see this every now and then, but how should you add a DVD that has a UPC sticker on top of the one on the cover? Sometimes its the same, but often not.
Should i try to rip the sticker of to see the one on the cover or? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | Personally i see this as the cover having an error that they later fixed. The one on the sticker is the one the store uses, so it seems to me like its the right one. But i'm not sure. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | For me this depends on where the sticker is located.
If the sticker is located on the case I remove the sticker and use the EAN/UPC on the cover.
If the sticker is attached to the cover however I use the EAN/UPC on the sticker and if only because removing the sticker would in most cases severely damage the cover. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: April 2, 2007 |  Posts: 156 |
| | Posted: | | | | I see the sticker as a way the distributor makes an new edition.
Eg. the content may have changed (disc, booklets, d/l-codes...) A new edition = a new profile, when UPC/EAN is changed.
Of course it may be other parties than the distributor adding the sticker, eg. the shop making a campaign, maybe even the same sticker on different titles...
At least, when the EAN/UPC is UNIQUE, I would go for a new profile. | | | | Karsten |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | With the newest one the sticker was on the cover not the case. The DVD had plastic wrapping so it probably had to be done by the distributor. |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | I take the cover out of the sleeve for scanning, so if it is on the plastic of the keep case or on the cellophane wrap even (most cases), it is not scanned, and also not used to identify the profile. | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | I personally remove all stickers. Very rarely however, the UPC sticker is covering a blank area so you have no choice but to use it. I scan the way Hans does, by removing the cover from the case. | | | | Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | IMO, both the UPC on the cover as well as the UPC on the sticker can be the key for a valid profile. But if the UPC on the cover is a misprint which has been used for a different release already, it should be avoided. And if the UPC on the sticker is a shop only UPC which is used for many different films (e.g. in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart), it should be avoided as well. The consequence of this is of course, that many films will have more than one profile with different UPCs in a specific locality. But this is nothing special, because studios sometimes release the (almost) same release with many different UPCs directly printed on the cover. Sometimes the only difference is the security system used with the case. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | A sticker over the UPC is also one way that a studio manages releases that have been recalled.
The Last Chase DVD from Code Red is a good recent example. It was shipped out to retailers, but then immediately recalled before the release date due to an authoring error. Some copies did get sent out from retailers however. They released it again (corrected) about a month later, and all of these corrected discs had a UPC sticker (same numbers) stuck on the inner coverart of the back cover's UPC. This was probably so they could tell which versions were which. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | I just use whatever is on the cover. Not the case, but the actual printed sleeve. |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Silence_of_Lambs: Quote:
For me this depends on where the sticker is located.
If the sticker is located on the case I remove the sticker and use the EAN/UPC on the cover.
If the sticker is attached to the cover however I use the EAN/UPC on the sticker and if only because removing the sticker would in most cases severely damage the cover. This, although I have removed an ugly sticker attached directly to the cover more than once (one damaged, the rest fine). Let me tell you, those stickers they attach directly to the paper cover are hard to get off, probably the hardest stickers ever! Multiple swipes with Goo-Gone and constant pulling with fingernails, usually at least 10 minutes of work each. I've only done that when my stickers were way off center/tilted/distracting, and scans in program showed the UPC printed underneath is the same as what's on the sticker. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
IMO, both the UPC on the cover as well as the UPC on the sticker can be the key for a valid profile. But if the UPC on the cover is a misprint which has been used for a different release already, it should be avoided. And if the UPC on the sticker is a shop only UPC which is used for many different films (e.g. in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart), it should be avoided as well. The consequence of this is of course, that many films will have more than one profile with different UPCs in a specific locality. But this is nothing special, because studios sometimes release the (almost) same release with many different UPCs directly printed on the cover. Sometimes the only difference is the security system used with the case. I agree with Rho, so I voted for fluffy things. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | I contributed the DVD with the stickers UPC, cause i didn't want to risk ripping the covers. RHo in this case it was a tricky one to deside, as it was the first profile for the movie in the locality. So cant say if there were other versions. Heres the back cover for anyone interested that displays the UPC sticker:  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting whispering: Quote:
I contributed the DVD with the stickers UPC,
(...) In your case, I would probably have taken the code from the sticker as well. |
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| Registered: October 3, 2008 | | Posts: 260 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
A sticker over the UPC is also one way that a studio manages releases that have been recalled.
The Last Chase DVD from Code Red is a good recent example. It was shipped out to retailers, but then immediately recalled before the release date due to an authoring error. Some copies did get sent out from retailers however. They released it again (corrected) about a month later, and all of these corrected discs had a UPC sticker (same numbers) stuck on the inner coverart of the back cover's UPC. This was probably so they could tell which versions were which. Cool! I never knew that. Thanks Katatonia!! |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting whispering: Quote:
I contributed the DVD with the stickers UPC, cause i didn't want to risk ripping the covers. RHo in this case it was a tricky one to deside, as it was the first profile for the movie in the locality. So cant say if there were other versions. Heres the back cover for anyone interested that displays the UPC sticker:
That looks exactly like what I;m talking about. If the sticker was straight it wouldn't annoy me, but tilted I'd be reaching for the Goo-Gone! Beware, some voters hate stickers so much they will just vote no and not listen to reason!  It's happened to me on ones with perfectly straight stickers, even though my scans looked 450X better than the existing promo pic without sticker! |
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