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Sony DRM...
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The funny thing about this kind of DRM (if it's like the EMI one) is that if you shove the cd in a mac and open the disc in the finder you can just copy and paste the aiffs onto the machine. No ripping or drm infestation or anything.
There's nothing funny about this kind of DRM. Nothing.emotion said:
They work fine on Mac, and likely other non-Windows systems too, but this is going way too far. The normal anti-copy system (drivers, autorun) they use is bad enough. I don't care if it can be circumvented by holding Shift down. This is going way to far. They've really crossed the line.
Yeah, sure... tell that to the people who can't burn CDs at all because this thing REALLY screwed up the system.Sony FAQ said:
And it's not malware? Yeah, sure
Sony are the real criminals here, and that Sony digicam I bough a some months ago is the last Sony product I'll ever buy.
emotion said:
This kind of DRM is criminal and Sony should be boycotted.
The fact that this does not affect Mac will not make me buy Sony stuff.
If I were to install rootkit on some Sony server (for example to monitor if they use my personal information for something I don't approve) I would be criminal. When they do it, it's "protecting intelectual property".
By the way, they provided utility to remove cloacking of the files. Not remove them, just un-cloak them. Too late Sony boy.
Bring on a class action law suit against Sony Music.
Their CDs broke my computer.
(and those cds scratch soooo easily...)
We want a share of all the profits Sony has made since WW11.
Their CDs broke my computer.
(and those cds scratch soooo easily...)
We want a share of all the profits Sony has made since WW11.
Sony's DRM/rootkit is already causing problems (beyond the whole install itself, can't uninstall etc etc) : http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34
I want a Class Action!Now
After all it is simple : if you want to do DRM you need to control both hardware and software and guess who is the only company around who can do that?
After all it is simple : if you want to do DRM you need to control both hardware and software and guess who is the only company around who can do that?
El Reg is reporting that Sony's RootKit doesn't just hide itself it hides other apps. Some WoW cheat programs can hide behind it. Imagine Blizzard joining the fray...
Oops sorry you can't connect to the server because you are running cheat program...
Oops sorry you can't connect to the server because you are running cheat program...
MongoTheGeek said:
Yeah and they were saying all you had to do was give the file a $sys$ in the name and the warden (blizz's anti cheating software) can't see it. This has blown up very fast in sonys face as it should.
AoWolf said:
And Blizzard can see if it is installed (put in their own thing $sys$ whatever and see if its there.) They may not be able to find the cheating software but they can see that they couldn't see it if it were there. Which might be sufficient cause.
Damn them. This makes me angry with copy protection CD's. Especially since people think their buying an audio cd, and it turns out to be some encrypted files that resemble nothing of music...not exactly what the record labels are doing...yet...but you get my drift of where music is going.
I think only Aussies (maybe Kiwis) will get your humour.Chundles said:I'm guessing this "rootkit" is just some kit from Sony that roots your computer when you install
Not many others know the prurient connotation.
You must get a big chuckle Chundle at our retail stores with the neon sign "Roots" shamelessly inticing the curious inside!
I'm done buying Sony products alltogether, and if the RIAA is going to sit there and support Sony doing this crap, then I'm done buying CDs alltogether too. It's going to be piracy for me, because if they're going to treat everyone like criminals, then hey, I'll be a criminal. Plus, I don't want a penny of mine going to a company that can allow this.
I think this whole thing is completely ridiculous and out of line. It's not the best way to sell cds, punishing people who care enough to actually go out and purchase the thing. I figure that if it's your cd, you should be able to do what you want with it. Many Windows users don't know better, and may be buying the disk so that they can put it on their iPod. Instead, they get this crap. It makes me so angry, it's just so stupid.
I don't agree with this and think that it just promotes piracy. The music companies just don't get it (Hollywood is getting the same way) and the more they make out the innocent consumer of music to be guilty the more they will be hated and the more inclined people will be to turn to piracy.
I haven't come across one of the CDs (actually I probably wouldn't know, because the only computer it enters is my Mac) but it has virus and malware written all over it. I think it's totally unacceptable.
I haven't come across one of the CDs (actually I probably wouldn't know, because the only computer it enters is my Mac) but it has virus and malware written all over it. I think it's totally unacceptable.
johnnyjibbs said:
Of course it will promote piracy...
Do they not understand that they should keep the discs free of this stuff? The only people who get this crap installed on their computers are the legitimate buyers!. I could go online right now and find a copy of a CD with a 320 KBPS bitrate in the MP3 format, along with PAR recovery files and album art. No adware/spyware built in.
Or, I can spend my $17 on the SAME CD, but get 128 KBPS bitrate in a WMA file, without recovery files OR digital album art, and have my system slowed down by this crap that tries to make sure I'm a legitimate purchaser.
I think the free version looks pretty sweet right now. In fact, the amount of time it takes me to go to the store, buy the CD, and come home and "rip it" to my computer (in a low quality, bad format), those files will be completely downloaded.
ALSO, it helps promote iTunes:
I downloaded the Foo Fighters CD, In Your Honor, on iTunes for like $13. Sure, it has DRM and everything, but at least I can do whatever with those files, and if I really need to, I can strip the DRM...
Ditto. They're just promoting piracy but they're too dumb to see that. They're making their customers out to be criminals, and once people realize what's going on, they're going to live up to Sony's expectations and be criminals.
Personally, if I was an artist who's CD, was against my will, infected with this junk, I would encourage my fans to pirate my CD.
Personally, if I was an artist who's CD, was against my will, infected with this junk, I would encourage my fans to pirate my CD.