*With admirable attention to detail, CU Amiga carefully set out clear and simple rules in the submission section of their CD magazine in order to prevent the appearance of infringing material - thanks to clever design, it's impossible to propose an item without reading the rules. The staff regret the extra bother, "but our responsibility as a publisher tie our hands."

The unambiguous terms are legally watertight (eg, "If you are not the author: give your name and email plus the author's name and contact info (either email, phone or snail address). Also state that this is for distribution on the CU Amiga CD and that you are uploading with the knowledge and permission of the author"), professionally to the extent of closing the potential loophole of non-standard approaches with a deft, "The following instructions refer to contributions as 'Uploads' but they apply no matter what method is used to submit the material."

Thus, although diligent AP2 reader M Garrett's initial probing suggestion is anxious to specify it carries no sanctioning weight and is solely a conduit to the responsible authorities by supplying the official AP2 e-mail address, the alerted CU Amiga staff merely have to follow their own masterfully lucid step-by-step guide to obtain the unequivocal permission to publish required by themselves. The plan is simple but ingenious.

(To be fair, on closer inspection the guidelines refer explicitly to "the Readers directory of our CD-ROMS" with its "modules, pictures, games and utilities." In fact, no mention at all is made of other people's sites. What will happen next?)