A digipak is a certain type of CD case. It is a plastic tray disk that has been glued inside a cardboard case. The benefit of this is that it is more environmentally friendly than a CD case and cheaper to make. They have not been very popular as they tear easily and water gets through easily. As the digipak has 6 sides, this allows more opportunity to show off the artist in visible art work or information that can promote the artist such as possible previous awards, who they are signed for, previous singles, etc... This opens up the types of audiences that there are for buying the disk than using a CD case with 3 sides. The information on a digipak is easily accessible and can be used also as a collectors item, whereas on a CD case, the paper with information can be easily removed and makes it invaluable for a collector.
A CD case are made of complete plastic but with printed off paper stuck inside. These are usually 3 sided whereas the digipak can be 6 sided. These are popular because they are reasonably sturdy but can crack easily.
Potential information to include in a digipak: name of artist, name of main song/s, album name, list of all songs, record company, album credits, copyright label, album artwork, barcode, disk holder, lyrics, music video pictures- actress/actors and photo of artist/band
This is an example of the 'Arctic Monkeys' digipak cover:
This is an example of a CD case:
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