Apparatuses, products, and devices consistent with the invention include optically readable media with at least one substrate, at least one encoded information region and/or region for receiving and/or recording encoded information, and at least one mechanism, chemical, agent, and/or process for limiting the time period that at least a portion of the at least one encoded information region and/or region for receiving and/or recording encoded information can be read and/or accessed by an optical beam and/or reader capable of reading the encoded information.