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for download instead of delivering them on media like DVD or CD. Examples include movies, music, and software. Another dimension to reduce environmental impacts of distribution processes lies in the replacement of centralized printing by electronical distribution of master-files to local print-houses. This holds true for newspapers, books, document management systems and mass-advertisements.
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