DVD Security

DVD Security
Originally uploaded by mryosemite.

Do me a favor. Don't treat my CDs and DVDs like they're crime scenes. The disc already comes in a plastic carrying case. One side of the case is hinged and the other side snaps shut. Wrap it in some shiny plastic and be done with it. It's not a crime scene; you don't need to put security tape on every edge.

In real life, when there's a crime scene, they run some yellow ribbon from one tree to the next. An entire murder scene is sealed off by a single strip of plastic. On the flip side, if you buy a $10 movie at Target, there are 87 layers of casing, plastic, and tape, not to mention a magnetic strip that they always forget to deactivate.

Unless you think terrorists are using DVDs to smuggle anthrax into the country, you don't need to criminally seal the damn thing. Are you trying to make them airtight in case the ship goes down? Is the Coast Guard going to sink a renegade shipment of DVDs? If I patrol the Atlantic, can I scoop up the movies with my fishing net? Granted, no matter how well you seal them, the Ben Affleck movies are going to sink, but what about the rest?

Do you think the average teenager is going to steal your Clint Eastwood westerns? Don't punish me for someone else's crime. If you want to protect your inventory, start locking up your copies of Girls Gone Wild, leave me and Clint alone.