@thekevinmonster: Ah, yes, I see it now, thank-you. Parsing for fun and profit!

I apologise for the pedantry, but shouldn't the headline be "it's illegal to throw away the promo CD we sent you without our permission"? (Although it wouldn't have surprised me to learn that I really needed to sign some kind of affidavit of my intent to dispose of my own rubbish...)

And here's b3ta's inevitable reaction...

Of course, the appropriate YouTube video response to this will be the Durham Massive organising a devastating and unusually well-targetted Happy Slapping incident.

Since this is not the case, SFWA has exposed itself to tremendous legal liability.

Including from you. Just say if you need to hold a whipround.