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Shame on Sony! DRM rootkit being installed by protected Sony music CDs?
5 commentsOK, when will companies learn that they DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to do whatever they want to protect works that they have copyrighted.
Case in point? Sony using a rootkit based Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme to protect music CDs put out by their studios.
While it is ok to limit users of their products to the same uses as they would get with a book, it IS NOT flipping OK to do so without the EXPRESS knowledge of their customers and in such an underhanded and sneaky way.
Companies that work to undermine our court mandated and protected rights do not deserve our hard earned dollars.
Do companies not understand that by using these sorts of shadowy mechanisms that they further hurt their efforts not only to stop piracy but to bring consumers to their side of the argument.
Good game Sony and others who would follow your example, by treating your customers with an utter lack of respect, you are in fact making an explicit case for said customers to disregard your efforts to protect your works.
If Sony's actions aren't yet illegal, they may soon be if our legislatures continue to move to make malware, spyware and adware of this sort unlawful. Even if they are legal, I would certainly brand these acts as immoral and counter to the good of society.
And as they say, two wrongs don't make a right, but they certainly do serve to erode our rights.
I just want to close by saying how DISGUSTED I am that a company would stoop so low as to use the same technology employed by virus writing scum in order to further their financial interests. This type of behavior SHOULD NOT be accepted and companies like Sony should be slapped down mightily for pursuing such activities.
I for one refuse to buy ANY Sony product in the future until they publicly apologize for using such deplorable methods, cease and desist in their ignoble pursuits to protect their properties at all costs, work to further our rights to fair use of property that we PURCHASE and legally bind themselves from doing such acts in the future.
Hopefully, other people will realize how heinous this is and join me in boycotting Sony.
This nonsense has to stop and we as consumers have to stand up for our rights.
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