Friday, March 10, 2006

Walks like a duck, flies like a duck, but sinks in water

I recently bought Beth Orton's (alleged) CD, "Comfort of Strangers * Limited Edition" from Amazon. When it arrived, it turned out it didn't work. Investigation reveals that this is because it isn't actually a CD, just something that looks rather like one. EMI (for it is they) are attempting to copy protect music by making it not work in CD drives in computers.

If that's what they want to do, then that’s their right, dumb as I think it is. However, what is not acceptable, in my view, is for vendors to attempt to sell these things to me described as "Audio CD"s. I have, therefore, initiated a return to Amazon on the grounds that the goods are defective.

There's more. Such as,

It seems to me, therefore, that this is an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968.

We need an award for those who hold their feet hostage, and then shoot the things when they don't get what they want from Reality.

SEXNW4SXSW

I'm flying from San Diego to Austin by way of Denver San Francisco today, to hit SXSW. I see the expected high in Austin is 87 degrees. Glad I brought a pair of shorts.

CU there.