Neowin.net - Sony Installs 'Rootkits' On Users Machines
I think we just came around the other end, and now Sony is enforcing it's copy protection by effectively granting themselves access to your computer, by installin bypass measures (called a "rootkit"). Try to listen to a Sony CD in your computer, and you'll have given the company free-reign in your machine.
This has become ridiculous. The only reason why a company can get away with flagrantly flaunting the spirit behind the law in such a manner is that the average consumer is simply ill-equipped to fight for their rights. Any person who installed a "trojan" or similar software on someone else's machine would be thrown in jail and fined, yet Sony gets away with doing it to hundreds of thousands of machines in the guise of protecting their rights?
What was the old saying? Your rights end where the other guy's computer (face) begins?
It's quickly getting to the point where your computer might be safer downloading your music than buying it legally!
1 comment:
This is the very reason why i don't buy media any more. I'll buy songs off itunes and things of that nature. Buying actual discs is something i haven't done in years. Simply put its because I'm not allowed to make my own FAIR USE COPY OF THE DAMNNED THING! Same thing with dvd's. I don't want some stupid interactual player pop coming up when i put the disc in. With itunes launching the new video service i won't even have to buy the dvds soon. When companies start doing crap like this they need a good class auction lawsuit to kick them in the ass for some dumb exec thinking he could get away with it.
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