wired.com — Finally a member of the press who is saying what the rest of us have been saying boycott Sony till they recall the cds. Yes that includes your PSP you were hoping to get. Face it "Sony doesn't even know what a boycott is, so why should they care about it??"
Nov 14, 2005 View in Crawl 4
mckennageNov 14, 2005
Right on. And here are a few ideas I put up that could extend the financial pain to Sony: <a class="user" href="http://henage.net/dan/security/sony-rootkit.html">http://henage.net/dan/security/sony-rootkit.html</a>
dominiccarrNov 14, 2005
I'm boycotting.
dragondawNov 14, 2005
Sony has one good product, PSP. sorry, it's great! everything else I can toss out my window!
hansolo69Nov 15, 2005
if you're so mad about it, download the CDs off of Bit Torrent. A bunch of pissed off geeks aren't going to do anything to Sony by not buying their CDs. Sony has so many smaller labels under it's imprint it'd be ridiculous for anyone who buys CDs to try and avoid them, whether you think you're some indie music god for a mindless Switchfoot fan. The best thing you can do is buy CDs from the bands you like. That's how the bands get respect from their labels, by showing they have fans willing to put out cash for their CDs. If a Sony band like Aerosmith or Santana cared enough and told Sony " if ou put that crap on my CD I'll take my business elsewhere" Sony would probably listen. quit acting like you're the one getting screwed over my the big, bad music industry. try being in a band owned by that same music industry.
selfdisplacedNov 15, 2005
anyone else read that article about the coded games that sony wants to do? the whole the games will be encoded with a code, and when that code is read, it can't be read again. and that game binds itself to that system...so there will be no more renting of games nor will there be an aftermarket for selling or trading used games. isn't this another kick to the teeth of their consumers? a complete sony boycott i believe is necessary. if it's not they are just going to try more and more ways of f'n the customer; their customer.
julianNov 15, 2005
Support EFF .... ALL profits go to EFF.ORGLOOK AT THIS T-SHIRT<a class="user" href="http://www.cafepress.com/boycottsony">http://www.cafepress.com/boycottsony</a>Help EFF fight for the consumers rights
julianNov 18, 2005
Think of it, what is Sony's market share in music, I bet its more than 20%...so at least 1 out 5 people who buy music CD's are at risk.And ALL those people have access to a computer (Home, School, Work, etc), where if they played the CD in it, causes security risk that's presently UN-INSTALLABLE, and these people are unaware of it; why there computers are messing up , slowing down, losing CD drives. People lend, give, sell these CD's to more unsuspecting People.And all this has been from sales of CD's since 2004, how many millions of SONY CD's have been sold since then. VIRUS writers are using these computers to hide in, in which the software CANNOT be safely uninstalled and the people are UNAWARE of Sony's hidden software and much less of the VIRUSES and TROJANS it can hide.How many companies have compromise security, for someone played a music CD at work. THIS software also "PHONES HOME".VERY VERY BAD INDEED.We should not let up, we should keep this in the news for as long as possible, a lot of people are not computer savvy to understand how SERIOUS this is. Because it came from left field, and NOT ONE person would suspect that a music CD would be dangerous; and for that, NO ONE cared early on in 2004, that's why we have this mess today.This has done more damage that P2P, where people understand that you are playing with fire, and as such protect themselves accordingly. NOT from music CD's.More time and widespread is this information needed, so ignorant people get whats happening, before more dangers arise because of this FIASCO.BOYCOTT SONY for at least 6 months...spread the word. People will wonder why the BOYCOTT and ask questions accordingly, then they will be knowledgeable of the SERIOUSNESS of this action against a prominent company. SONY want to keep it low key, understandable. But less people are informed, the CD's are still out there, compromising more computers.SONY used the cover of DRM to put this stuff in, and it should be a wake-up call; as to the abuse of companies using DRM and the DMCA to criminalizing and compromising Consumers CHOICE, PRIVACY, SECURITY; and rival companies INNOVATIONS, all for the all mighty Dollar$$$THIS THE FLASH POINT, THIS THE LAST STRAW....use this and continue the momentum for change in the DRM, DMCA, EULA, and for consumers "FAIR USE" being taken seriously by all companies. KEEPING PEOPLE TAKING ABOUT IT, will make companies advertise and promote that they are safe, be upfront with our RIGHTS in there EULA to gain our trust and OUR Dollars$$$, congress could be more consumer friendly, when up against large businesses that want to change laws in their favor. Think about it. The momentum is here, now ... Don't let it die down.Help Support EFF.ORG
neoludditeDec 25, 2005
I'm all with you, but here I have a problem. I received a PSP as a gift. I don't need it, I don't want it, but I feel like a total ass for telling my sister that I don't want to accept a very expensive gift. How do I continue witha boycott (that I fully support) without looking like a jackass to my family?
vmlemonOct 21, 2006
I'm just wondering, if everyone boycotts Sony (say tomorrow, or in a weeks time even), and proceeds to destroy almost anything and everything Sony, wouldn't that mean that you'd have to destroy more than just Sony-labeled products? If you think of how many products have Sony components inside of them, or use Sony technology, you'd have to destroy A LOT of things...Just my 2 pence.
raptor007Dec 5, 2007
Actually, that's not tough at all. The DS and 360 are both better in their respective fields.