I can appreciate the little sticky security tape on the tops of CDs sold to consumers. I realize it is a preventive measure against the CDs being stolen from out of the cases in a store.
However, I am quite sure that over the past year or so, the tape has gotten increasingly more difficult to get off. It used to be, if you were careful, you could pull up the tape on one side of the CD, and slowly pull the entire thing off. Not any more.
Now, the tape splits at the slightest hint of intolerance to being pulled. It took a good five minutes to get all of the security tape off Amy Grant’s latest. Normally, this should be a 30- to 45-second process.
I realize someone out there will say something to the effect of, You wouldn’t have this problem if you just ordered the entire album from the iTunes Music Store. I like having the physical CD, with liner notes, thank you very much. The process of opening said CD did not used to be this annoying. Now it is. That is the complaint.
posted on October 20, 2004 8:59 PMThe secret is to unhinge the bottom of the CD case and peel it off. I learned that from my brother's CD stealing friends. :-)
Posted by: Justin Williams at October 20, 2004 10:29 PM
Yes, that indeed is the trick. I learned it from some friends that were in a band and opened CDs all the time at shows to sign autographs.
Posted by: Jon Gales at October 21, 2004 12:49 AM