Spaulding Law: DVD Packaging

We can put a man on the moon, mass produce automobiles, and build a global information network. Why then can the movie industry not come up with a better packaging system for DVDs?

It seems like no matter what you do, you cannot get the package opened any faster than the actual run time of the film inside. (And don't get me started on CD packaging -- of course at the Spaulding production studio we buy almost all of our music from iTunes, so mercifully packaging is not a factor).

Spaulding Law: All movie companies and their packaging/printing affiliates shall immediately discontinue use of those annoying "security" stickers that are affixed (and in all too many cases welded) to the edge of the DVD case. The stickers cannot be removed easily, and are a waste of material because no one is going to buy a DVD that isn't already sealed in an impenetrable layer shrink wrap plastic (except for those who buy bootleg DVDs, and they're already living outside the system).

Therefore, Spaulding, Get Your Foot Off the Boat! calls for the termination of the current system for packaging DVDs and looks forward to the roll out of a new, easier-to-open system (think the pull string-dealie on a pack of 25 cent gum) no later than January 1, 2008.