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Agreed – basis of the problem (AIUI) is Amazon’s concealment (or at least non-display) of the contact details of the seller/defendent/respondent. If Amazon does not say otherwise, then I would suggest that the default should be c/o Amazon; and if it comes to it then Amazon should have to stand up in court, and say why – as essentially a co-conspirator – they should not be liable…

My view is very much that – if you wnt to do business with me – I need to know who you are, what your address is and where you are based. And if you are dealing via an intermediary (Amazon.com, whoever), they either reveal – or defend the case.

I found VLC didn’t work – I tried it, but on trying to play some DVDs it crashed, and when I raised this on their support forum was totally put off – I was told ‘nothing to do with us, we’re not interested, get lost’, near enough in those words – and got rid of it.