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Skriven 2005-11-07 22:30:06 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 8107 av Robert Comer (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Sony Prez Sez Rootkits OK
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>

Maybe a criminal investigation also

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051108/tc_pcworld/123454


 Italian Police Asked to Investigate Sony DRM Code

SAN FRANCISCO-- The fallout continues over Sony BMG Music Entertainment's
controversial XCP copy protection software, with an Italian digital rights
organization now taking the first step toward possible criminal charges in the
matter.

Separately, security vendor Computer Associates International said today it is
now classifying Sony's software as spyware and will begin searching for and
removing XCP with its antispyware software, starting on November 12.


A group based in Milan called the ALCEI-EFI (Association for Freedom in
Electronic Interactive Communications- Electronic Frontiers Italy) filed a
complaint Friday about Sony's software with the head of Italy's cyber-crime
investigation unit, Colonel Umberto Rapetto of the Guardia di Finanza.

The complaint alleges that XCP violates a number of Italy's computer security
laws by causing damage to users' systems and by acting in the same way as
malicious software, according to Andrea Monti, chair of the ALCEI-EFI. "What
Sony did qualifies as a criminal offense under Italian law," he said in an
e-mail interview.

Should police determine that a crime has been committed, prosecutors will be
required to begin criminal proceedings against Sony, Monti said.


"Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:436ff9c5@w3.nls.net...
>I think the class action suits might get a lot of his attention as well.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:436fceda@w3.nls.net...
>> The Sony Prez might not know what a rootkit is but hopefully he will
>> recognize an ensuing sales slump
>>
>>
>> "Mike N." <mike@u-spam-u-die.net> wrote in message
>> news:n6jvm1dafccpgtde9c3tm7utvnqkasmo38@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> "More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home"
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaking.
html
>>>
>>> The president of  Sony BMG's Global Digital Business said "Most people,
>>> I
>>> think, do not even know what a Rootkit is, so why should they care about
>>> it?" .
>>>
>>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989260
>>>
>>>    I take it that he wouldn't mind having a rootkits on his PC since he
>>> obviously doesn't know what one is.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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