I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can’t quite follow it as you say it.

–Alice in Wonderland

We just got our images back from Disney’s Photopass service, all 65 of them on CD, in high resolution, ready for printing. If you’re not in the know, all the Disney parks have roaming photographers that will snap your picture near the better vistas and views of the park, and then give you an account number to view your images online at a later date. Pretty nifty! It gives you an opportunity to get a picture of your whole travel group at once. The photographers will also take a similar picture with your own camera, at no charge, without hesitation. It’s great to have this choice, especially since on the last day, I nearly lost my camera with a week’s worth of images on it.

We were so impressed by the quality of the images we bought the entire suite of pictures, duplicates and all, for a total of $125US. The disk arrived today with a large sticker sealing the case:

Viewing and usage of the digital images contained on this CD by buyer signifies agreement to the terms described on the Sales Agreement Read Me file contained on the disc.

What? You mean on the disk in the package, whose seal I have to break to get inside…

…to read…

…and agree to…

…before opening…

My head explodes.

Even more mystical is this statement on the back:

Purchase of this CD includes a copyright release allowing you to reproduce the image files in the sizes and quantities that you wish. The copyright release is contained as an image file (!) on the CD… You may need to show this image file to your photo retailer in order to purchase prints of your images.

Mind boggling exclamation point mine. Sounds like a Worth1000.com contest idea.

Maybe if I were getting prints done at Walmart they’d require to see that file, ’cause lord knows only terrorists take their media to Walmart to have reproduced.