Non-political irony of the day
by Jack GrantThe software Sony required to be installed to play many of their recent CD releases on PCs in order to “preserve their copyrights” and limit the number of copies of songs that can be made, something that has caused so much controversy because it is based upon rootkit techniques, infringes upon the copyright of the MP3 encoder used within the application.
Do as we say, not as we do?
Ouch… that’s gonna hurt in court.
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UPDATE: Apparently, Fox Television is reading the same playbook.
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hahahah I love it :) Well done Sony….
By Lee on 11.13.05 20:20
Thought Of The Day
If Sony can surrepticiously install a hidden rootkit to collect data on you, phone home and damage your computer, wouldn’t someone more malicious, like a virus writer, be able to do the same?
Course, Sony’s cloaking rootkit puts it into t…
By Mind of Mog on 11.15.05 07:56