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Those @#$£! stickers!
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What is UP with plastering all region 1 titles with those stickers directly on the case?? Half my R1 titles have sticky goo around the edges from peeling the stickers off that won't come off. I really don't see the purpose of them, especially when they literally brand themselves into all my keep cases. What do you guys do to take them off?

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It's called marketing, mikkel, one of several banes of my existence.

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It's called marketing, mikkel, one of several banes of my existence.

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It's not exactly marketing to advertise "Security Device Enclosed" is it? 

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Well, the security company might consider it marketing, and the retailer(e-tailer) might connsider it a form of advertising. I don't....bu....they might.    

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What is UP with plastering all region 1 titles with those stickers directly on the case?? Half my R1 titles have sticky goo around the edges from peeling the stickers off that won't come off. I really don't see the purpose of them, especially when they literally brand themselves into all my keep cases. What do you guys do to take them off?

/Mikkel


It is a world-wide problem. I can recommend Eucalyptus oil to clean the stuff off. There is nothing like it plus it has the added advantage of increasing our exports.
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Non-R1 DVD's usually don't have many stickers at all on them it seems. Those pesky security stickers seem to be almost exclusively R1.

Scotch tape works pretty well getting the sticker's remainder junk off sometimes, as long as it's on plastic and not the actual paper covers. Goo-gone (I think it's called?) also works well.
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That's odd. I don't seem to have any issues with removing the security plastic.  On the Blu-Ray's, I simply lift a corner and peel back.  On DVD's, I cut them in the middle along the case seam and then pull off after opening the case.
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They definitely seem to use less powerful adhesive on the hi-def ones, they peel off smashingly.
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Non-R1 DVD's usually don't have many stickers at all on them it seems. Those pesky security stickers seem to be almost exclusively R1.

Scotch tape works pretty well getting the sticker's remainder junk off sometimes, as long as it's on plastic and not the actual paper covers. Goo-gone (I think it's called?) also works well.



"Goo Gone" is an excellent product for cleaning up tape residue. Been using it for years.
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They definitely seem to use less powerful adhesive on the hi-def ones, they peel off smashingly.



It isn't how powerful it is.  None of them peel for crap if they have been exposed to heat.  That causes the glue to cellophane bond to weaken, leaving the clue itself behind when you peel off the tape.  You don't see it much in the new releases because they haven't usually been sitting in some warehouse or a truck baking in the sun.
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I will almost always take the R1 security tape over all the Europian ratings markings (permanant at that) that ruin the cover art of the DVD cases!!!
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I will almost always take the R1 security tape over all the Europian ratings markings (permanant at that) that ruin the cover art of the DVD cases!!!


Point taken

It actually surprises me that, considering the power of the MPAA, they haven't managed to influence the size of the rating symbols on the cases in US.

The worst of them all is Australia, though. THEY are UGLY! The size of cigarette warnings  They're the reason I almost never buy Australian DVDs.

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I will almost always take the R1 security tape over all the Europian ratings markings (permanant at that) that ruin the cover art of the DVD cases!!!

The german ratings are on the back
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The german ratings are on the back

Same with finnish. I've only seen UK use the ratings on all sides (front, back and spine).
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Same with finnish. I've only seen UK use the ratings on all sides (front, back and spine).


Yeah, I know... when we pass a Rule we pass a RULE... if the warnings on cigarette packets get any bigger they'll have to remove the brand name

IIRC they don't actually have to be on the spines of most releases (there's a minimum width below which they're not legally requred which was set in VHS days) but most do anyway for convenience as that's often the bit visible on the shelf in the shop.
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I use steam to remove stickers and an eraser or the stickers themselves to remove the glue.
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