>This quote from the article is definitely news to me!!
 >If you can damage a CD by writing on the label side, why do the print
 >rule lines on many brands
 >to write on?
 >Is this so sort of planned obsolescence? Should a CD maker know...not to
 >not to encourage writing on the CD?

I think they mean a ballpoint pen.  You can write on it with a soft pen
without danger of scratching it.

Liz Day
Indianapolis IN