LC: Nothing changes if nothing changes

What kind of a meaningless platitude is that?

John Tams: Nothing changes it all stays the same

Some things do - like peeps with selective hearing. Richard Bridge is going to be highly amused at this slur on his legal experience. Unlike him I'm not a lawyer but am merely qualified to translate contracts in three languages. Unsurprisingly, I've always looked askance at clauses which assign ridiculously stacked advantages to one party and wonder how on earth pens ever touched parchment. In a different life though I've also known many a struggling artist who signed stuff in desperation and without advice just to get a start, or whose rights (non-exclusive or at any rate shared) were transferred over their heads to a different and very much less co-operative owner. Life's tough enough without struggling to get back what's yours and future potential victims need all the advice they can get to avoid falling into the rip-off trap.

(Note to Bonnie: last time . . .)