Yes, these are fine. My beef is when, having spent the first hour looking for that strip, I conclude there isn't one and take an axe to it. Sometimes, having thusly removed the film, the plastic strip then reveals itself in the wreckage...There’s sometimes a strip running around the cd packaging which rips through it very easily, all you need is the eyesight of a golden eagle and a strong magnifying glass to find the little tab and give it a pull, takes an hour or two normally.
And don't get me started on the plastic film wrap on CDs...
Suffering for your art. Good man! A proud tradition.Just 5 minutes before reading this I stabbed myself in the thumb, with loss of several drops of blood, trying to open one with a small kitchen knife.