DRM this, Sony!

[EricBrian]

Great article by Molly Wood

Link

 

[Lacero]

The DRM can be circumvented by prefixing the name of any CD copier with $sys$ and that will bypass Sony's DRM.

 

[EricBrian]

And ATO Records suggests the use of Apple computers! 🙂

Link

 

[jsw]

I'm now happy that, for numerous reasons (mainly coincidence), I haven't purchased a Sony item for years. This is clearly a ridiculous overstepping of bounds.

 

[Chundles]

Whale oil beef hooked!!!

I haven't bought a CD in a while but I'm definitely giving SonyBMG over here in Aus the big middle finger. No iTunes? no music from you, massively intrusive DRM? no products or anything from you. It's a shame cause they represent a lot of music I would buy from iTunes if given the chance but now, I'm not so sure.

 

[yippy]

Whale oil beef hooked!!!

I haven't bought a CD in a while but I'm definitely giving SonyBMG over here in Aus the big middle finger. No iTunes? no music from you, massively intrusive DRM? no products or anything from you. It's a shame cause they represent a lot of music I would buy from iTunes if given the chance but now, I'm not so sure.

You should probably buy Sony music through iTunes, but only through iTunes. That way *maybe* they will see that people won't buy copy protected CDs but will buy something with a reasonable DRM. Of course I could be being way to optimistic here that Sony would pick up on something like that.

 

[solvs]

And ATO Records suggests the use of Apple computers! 🙂

Link

Except that some of the newer ones are trying to install copy protection on Macs too. http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/11/11.2.shtml and http://www.macintouch.com/#tip.2005.11.10.sony

Of course, you'd need the admin password to install it. 😛

 

[wildflower]

"Sony to stop controversial CD software"

Great article by Molly Wood

Link

All the negative publicity has them backing off (for now, anyway):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_hi_te/sony_copy_protection

plus the lawsuit:

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/calif_ny_lawsui.html

 

[Abstract]

So everybody, go to Spotlight and search for PhoenixNub1.kext and PhoenixNub12.kext. If it's on your computer, delete it.


I won't buy another Sony music CD or Sony product for the foreseeable future.