According to The Way Things Are Done™, this page is supposed to be reserved for legalese that no human can read. Personally, I don’t care. My position on communication is “Speak clearly or don’t bother,” and as for legal protection—we’re so small time that if you sued us you’d probably end up with less than you started with. So what’s the point of confusing people?
Here are our conditions of use. We’ll do our best to be pleasant about it, but when it comes down to it, buying from us or even browsing our site indicates that you agree to these conditions:
These Are Our Words
Pretty much all the content on this site is copyrighted by Escape Artists, Inc., or by the individual podcasters whose work we’re selling. Please don’t paste any of our item descriptions or other stuff anywhere without asking. We’ll probably say “Yes,” or pass your request on to the podcaster who can say “yes.” But we need to know about it.
We have a lot of pictures, too, mostly of CDs. If you want to use those to promote PodDisc or one of the podcasts we publish, hey, rock on. If you want to use them for any other purpose, you have to let us know—so that we can give permission, and also because we’re dying to know what other purposes there could be.
These Are Not Our Podcasts
PodDisc.com and Escape Artists, Inc. will take responsibility for the item descriptions and images you see on this site. Hey, we put the stuff here. There may be adult language in some of the item descriptions. You agree to cope with that. If something offends you, I hope you’ll let us know why it offends you before you call the lawyers or the press or the fire department. We don’t promise to change anything, but we might, and if we can take reasonable steps to make you happy we will.
PodDisc.com will not take responsibility for the content on the CDs we sell. Particularly third-party content that didn’t come from Escape Artists, Inc. That was all created by the podcasters. We don’t edit the content, and there’s no way we could even listen to it all. We’re just the intermediary. If you buy from us, you agree not to hold PodDisc.com responsible for anything you hear.
We also don’t take responsibility for anything on any sites we link to. To belabor the obvious: that’s not our stuff.
You Came to Shop, Right?
Our principal purpose here is making available stuff that you can buy. We will not make you buy stuff. If you decide you want to buy stuff, we will make a best-effort attempt to collect necessary information from you, take your money, and send the stuff to the name and address you provide. You agree that that’s all cool with you. In particular:
In the event that we cannot deliver the stuff, we will do our best to give your money back to you. We hope it doesn’t come to that, because we’d rather you have the stuff.
Our Products Are What They Are
Most of our products are CDs or DVDs. We warrant that these will in fact be real discs of the correct size, shape, and material, and that they will arrive intact and will contain the content described (more or less) on the corresponding product page. If we get any of that wrong, let us know and we’ll fix it.
The majority of our discs will be MP3 CDs, or perhaps MP3 DVDs. These will play fine on a computer with MP3 software or an MP3-capable CD or DVD player. You can also transfer the files to a large number of portable devices. The discs will not play on a CD player without MP3 capabilities. You agree that you know that and will not come back to us in shock or betrayal when you can’t play the things in your 1987 Honda Civic with original stereo.
The labels on our CDs are printed directly on the discs with a specialized inkjet printer. They look good, and ordinary handling should be no problem. But if the discs get to you too quickly, there might still be a bit of tackiness, and occasionally our printer gets overambitious and puts some ink on the plastic rim, where it doesn’t dry well. If you get ink on your fingers or other surfaces, you agree not to go nuts. It won’t hurt anything. Also, like mogwai, the results are not pretty if you get them wet.
You agree to use our products for their intended purpose (playing them, mostly) and agree that our warranty only goes that far. If you want to use them for Christmas ornaments, fashion, or microwave light shows, knock yourself out, but don’t come back to us afterwards if it’s not all you were hoping it would be.
You Have to Sign Up
When you buy from us you have the opportunity to create an account with PodDisc.com. We know it can get annoying sometimes, but it’s the way our shopping cart software works.
When you make an account with us, you agree that the information you’re providing is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge. You also agree to keep your password private, and not to allow anyone else to use your account. If you don’t keep it private you agree that that’s your problem, not ours.
You agree to receive communication from us at the e-mail address you provide. You agree that we’re not spam and that you won’t flag us as spam.
This software supports an optional newsletter subscription. Right now we’re not even sure if we’ll use that feature; but if we do, and if you checked that box, you agree that you’re cool receiving future product updates, site news, stories about my dog, or whatever we feel like sending you.
Shipping and Returns
We have a separate page for shipping and returns. For all practical purposes, that page constitutes part of this agreement, so it’s a good idea to read it over.
Privacy
We also have a separate page for our privacy policy. That’s part of this agreement too.
Life is Inconstant
Like the universe, this site is a perpetual work in progress, and all the content on it may change from time to time. That includes these conditions. This policy stuff probably won’t change often, because we’re lazy and we’d rather get it right the first time, but if it does, you agree not to flip out.
And if you have a problem, you agree that you’ll let us know via e-mail, poddisc@escapeartists.net, so that we can try to set things straight with you.
Sound good to you? Thanks for your cooperation, and enjoy!