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Skriven 2005-11-15 09:00:10 av Alan Zisman (1:106/2000.0)
     Kommentar till en text av CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Sony/BMG DRM software
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-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to ALAN ZISMAN <=-


 AZ> 1) Most or many of the articles on this list the affected
 AZ> CDs. Important point-- not all, or even most Sony CDs,
 AZ> include this copy protection and the ones that do are
 AZ> clearly marked as Copy Protected on the CD packaging.

 AZ> 2) If you're not sure, download the patch-- which doesn't
 AZ> remove the software, but makes it visible... I've tried it;
 AZ> it will tell you if it doesn't find the software in
 AZ> question.

 CA> The 'patch' is just another installer that re-installs the DRM.
 CA> This will give SONY spin control that many users voluntarilly
 CA> installed DRM on their machines when given the option to.

 AZ> 3) Yes, Sony is Sony-- a large corporation which makes
 AZ> hardware including VAIO computers, digital cameras,
 AZ> minidisc players, etc etc etc, and is involved in music and
 AZ> movie content, having purchased the former Columbia Records
 AZ> (and I believe Columbia Pictures) some time ago. The
 AZ> overlap between hardware and content is what's causing
 AZ> problems for them now, as they are feeling a need to
 AZ> cripple their hardware to protect their 'intellectual
 AZ> property'.

 CA> The rootkit DRM doesn't just cripple SONY hardware, it cripples
 CA> any hardware it gets to execute on. This pre-emptive strike
 CA> against any/all customers who may/may not pirate their music
 CA> would be almost unimaginable a few years ago. Even Microsoft
 CA> has blushed at this absurdity.

 A US federal security agency official was quoted last week as pointing out to
Sony that 'it may be your content, but they're not your computers'... which is,
in my opinion, well said.

 There was no intention to imply that the rootkit only affected Sony hardware;
I was following up on a question asking whether the company with these
copy-protected CDs was the same company that made VAIO laptops and desktops.
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