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He then argues that a CD is only a coaster if not decoded - that same thing would be true for any book. But I'd say it's not true at all, because the information exists even when it isn't being actively accessed. It will always be a record.
'A record is a text that cannot be "read". It must be decoded.' - As if our brain wouldn't decode text when we read it? Forms to letters, letters to words, words to meaning.