With discipline and imagination, most graphic artists (who don’t work in dedicated packaging studios, at least) can use their favourite page layout software to create a standard box or bottle. Your bureau or printer will usually supply a cutting die to design on top of.

Once connected, the Veritoken can be removed without losing your connection so you don’t have to leave your USB key plugged in to leave behind when you’re finished. And there’s a chance you might, because the other great thing about the whole thing launching from the USB key is that you can take it to any computer. Everything runs from the USB key and nothing is installed on the system you want to connect from.

As the basis of a popular Internet comic strip about the perils of using copyrighted material in your project, the nightmarish scenario above might not be completely true. But the twin morals are clear; music is expensive, and music industry lawyers have very deep pockets.