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Sony sued by State of California over DRM Root Kit
yro.slashdot.org — Well, Sony is on the hot plate now, sued by the state of California for having the DRM Root Kit. It seems that it violates several California laws. If this goes through, they may not be able to sell these CD's in California at all.
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- roguepirate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I like how Sony decides to screw people who actually buy their CD's.
- proverb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I love to see the hand of justice being used to bitch-slap some hoes. Go Cali!
- roguepirate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1DOWN WITH SONY!!!!!!!!!
- bigboludo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1digg->slashdot=lame
- JeffS, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Old news. Already covered on Slashdot.
- HalBSure, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This makes me smile, very much so.
- SinisterBunni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Jumping on the bandwagon again... YEA!!! It's about time that we see corporate criminals prosecuted. I am tired of seeing 6 year olds and little old ladies prosecuted under DMCA.
- revokin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This is kind of like Best Buy having a link to the Circuit City website.
- maverick999, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0I'm anti-Slashdot now. No digg...
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http://www.caseypicker.com - rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's time to fight fire with fire. Sony, the RIAA and the other greedy leaches will not stop until they suck every penny they can. Their lame excuses of protecting the artist are unfounded when you follow the money. The artist suffers along with the consumer. Until the consumers who pay good money utilize the same tools that parasites do, the media moguls Big Brother tactics will only get more aggressive and more imposing. We not only need to hire lawyers but we need to make this political. Because of evolving technologies the big media companies are losing their ability to totally control distribution and pour money in the coffers of our politicians. Politicians will follow the money until the people that put them in office let them know that they will send them home to the unemployment line.
Hard working consumers need to;
1. Write, don't call your representatives and tell them that their job is on the line.
2. Join any class action suit that comes down the pike. Make them sweat.
3. Don't buy from companies that support or sell such insidious products. That includes all their products; CDs, TVs or any other item they produce or sell.
4. Support the artist by buying directly from them. At least then they will get a more deserved share of their property until we have a truly modern distribution process that eliminates the no value parasites. - DeadlyCouncil, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!
- NeilM, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This is hot.
- copperkidd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0rabble! rabble! rabble! rabble! rabble! rabble! rabble! rabble! rabble!
- karlfrankowski, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It is my mission to digg every single story about the rootkit debacle because it DOES NOT GET OLD!!!1!
- NeilM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2*Terminator 2 Intro Sounds*
- designbydave, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yes, i am prowd to be a cali citizen today! Down with DRM/Sony!!!
- jodamiller, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0For the love of Pete, it's "CDs", not "CD's". The CDs are plural; they don't own anything!
- NeilM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0It's lack of thinking, can'tjasee?
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"It is my mission to digg every single story about the rootkit debacle because it DOES NOT GET OLD!!!1!"
No it doesnt, this need to be brought out in every way shape or form! Companies like this need to know that pulling this kind of B.S. will not stand with the public. So yes, KEEP THE STORIES COMMING. dugg. - e3mw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0About time, Sony should definetly have some serious retributions for this. Consumers aren't stupid. Assuming so makes an ass out of sony.
- hereisandy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1What kind of digg user links to slash-dot!!! No Digg
- Paintbait, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Sony deserves to be chastised. End of story.
- Cowboy5995, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Hey a non frivolous law suit from Calli about time.
- thatotherguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Again, be sure and let them know how poorly they have chosen to screw with consumers:
http://www.sonymusic.com/feedback/ - Vektuz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0They need to include StarForce in this too. The makers of that 'copy protection' software that installs itself as a system device driver.
- mooninite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0moron, your name suits you well.
- socket, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Took long enough for this story to show up.
- dude3609, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0
I was really on the side of sony for the ps3, but this is rediculous.
I hope they do get in trouble.. BAD
Even if it means hurting the ps3.
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Moderator @ http://newnova.org/ - cerisaac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Check this out...
http://digg.com/music/Sony_s_Attitude_Has_a_History - aburd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"It's only going to prevent people who don't know what they're doing."
That is all any DRM does. Everything that can be pirated is pirated. Only ignorant consumers and overly-moral, yet knowledgable consumers are screwed by any DRM. - paulwoll, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I will never buy a sony laptop or desktop for fear of what crap they will install on it.
I will never buy any CD from this company as well. Bastards wasted 12 hours of my time a month ago. Sign me up for the class action... We need a link. - paulwoll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I probably won't buy a PS3 because of the blu-ray drive and the DRM software that will be on the PS3. Rumors have it that they may prevent the use of used copies or friends copies of games from running on the system. Sayonara if they do that.
- datruth29, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Finally. I hope Sony burns I tell you. BURNS!!!!! By the by, did anybody notice that this was linked to a slashdot article? This could essentially mean that the sites which are linked can go through a potential digg+slashdot effect! o_o Oh, the humanity
- kilmer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Original story here: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/
- k3n85, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sony might as well just sell themselves to someone like google... cause they pretty much ruined their name with consumers like us. Tisk tisk tisk, this is what you get when you don't let things just go on as they were and you try to mess with people that know more than the company...
- fu_fish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How long until Sony says that "this lawsuit is only going to raise costs and hurt the consumers" and "the consumers want this technology?"
- xodex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0w00t, If they were sued like california did to microsoft I'm going to get some GREEN! too :)
- Moose_Head, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hour of hate for Sony! Sony is double-plus un-good!
GRRR!!
... We were always at war with Eastasia - aliasunknown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Have to wonder, could Sony use the DMCA to protect itself?
- jfox00, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Everyone seems really happy, and hopes Sony "burns" in hell. But the fact is your not innovating if your not getting sued these days. Look at google (print books online), RIM (patent issues), Microsoft (sued for weak security), etc, etc, etc,. Sony's playing the game. Maybe they will be found guilty, maybe not - either way you have to give them credit for being creative.
- Bitgod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wonder how much the hardware side of Sony hates the software side at the moment. I know they've butted heads in the past, and I suspect some people are going to boycott all Sony products for a while. I know I am, I'm looking at HDTVs, but won't look at a Sony now.
- roguepirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess leaving a huge hole for somebody to implant a trojan or whatever else really is pretty innovative. I hope more companies do that. Perhaps the next innovation from sony should be cell phones that really do cause cancer, that would be really innovative.
- tempest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I see my local Hastings store is still selling spyware infected cds dispite the news already being broke.
- Squinty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hot!
- thatotherguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.boycottsony.us/
More to keep an eye on. - Yoda716, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's about time. Oops there goes there profit margins.
- MasterDwarf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Silly Sony, laws are for everyone. :-)
http://www.boycottsony.us/ - barbershopdan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, F-sony!!! This crap is on my PC. Figures the 1st CD I pay for in 3 years and it infects my computer.
http://plueballs.libsyn.com/ - dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0People normaly flame when someone submits something that's been on slashdot recently.. But directly linking to slashdot is okay? o.O
Meh, anyway, boo for sony etc
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