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- SinisterBunni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think that Sony should be prosecuted under the same laws that they used to persecute Adrian Lamo. Sony being a bunch of dumb asses should not be any surprise. They were named as the plaintiff and the defendant in a class actions lawsuit being filed under the DMCA.
- bentwookiee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3more information on the trojan from Sophos:
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2005/11/stinxe.html - rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It'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. - rileyjt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1>>
Sophos plans to issue a tool later today which will detect the existence of Sony's DRM copy-protection on Windows computers, disable it, and prevent it from re-installing.
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*thumbs up* - adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1>>
Sophos plans to issue a tool later today which will detect the existence of Sony's DRM copy-protection on Windows computers, disable it, and prevent it from re-installing.
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Thats like getting your car washed and a I'm sorry from the guy who got caught stealing it. They should have to pay for this. - Dahip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't steal songs...do the right thing and buy our CD's so you can get hacked...TOOLS!!!!
People should not only stop buying Sony products but recording artists should consider going elsewhere. It's not their fault Sony's turned in to the Mafia. - thatotherguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Tell Sony they suck for not only the first DRM rootkit, but the hoops people have to jump through to GET the removal tool ... THAT INSTALLS MORE DRM SOFTWARE.
http://www.sonymusic.com/feedback/ - rileyjt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This story is starting to break in a big way. Yahoo has two headlines in their tech section regarding the story and I havn't seen them carry it prior to today. One is from USA Today, the other from Reuters.
Sucks to be Sony right about now. - ziffel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1dugg to further the anti-Sony sentiment. scumbags.
- mckennage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Fight back and hit Sony where it hurts. For ideas, so http://henage.net/dan/security/sony-rootkit.html Or come up with your own.
- rileyjt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This should add some fuel to those lawsuits. Prior to this, they would be sueing based on the letter of the law, now they will have actual damages to report.
- copperkidd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm surprised it took this long.
- MaxxDamage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I went to www.sony.com and did I search for rootkit. Of course there weren't any results, so I hit my back button in Firefox and I got a page that says "If you're seeing this page via a web browser, it means you've setup Tomcat successfully. Congratulations!" You'd think they would fix that.
- SirThom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Bah, it was bound to happen.
- joeyjojo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The complete over-the-top absurdity of these giant media companies figuring out the best way to piss of their own customers is just astounding. Incomprehensible even. Mind boggling.
- bfbdiggsTECH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sony & BMG is compromising us all. Sony and BMG are now on my list of companies to boycott. The only way to get your point across is to not support their products and services. How arrogant! This is one time I hope the lawyers have their day in courts across the country.
- just_chris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How many people think it's the anti-virus companies making some of these trojans, so we'll buy their products and use their utilities?
- znxster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0bound to happen at some point, suprised it took this long...
- cerisaac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Check this out...
http://digg.com/music/Sony_s_Attitude_Has_a_History - dBass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sweet!
Way to go $ony - dumb asses.
Yet another reason to run Mac OS X. Their protection doesn't work on OS X. - andrewgclifford, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0just one more reason i pirate music, no root kits ;)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0GOD DAMN YOU SONY. Thats it I want in on some the impending class action law suit money.
http://plueballs.libsyn.com/ - adrianguru, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0suck it sony.
- XTrek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Sony is purely driven by greed! It's now obvious. They have no concern for their customers other than their money!
- elroyel1327, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0You have to ask yourself how they ever justified using spylmal ware to fight piracy.. that's a memo I'd love to read.
~ elroy - MegaHyster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Good job Sony. You managed to confirm your entry into the "Evil Empire" Club.
- caldroun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Good thing I haven't purchased any music other than digital.
Idiots. - SirSid, on 05/27/2009, -1/+0oh no...
- alterself, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0wow...took a while for this virus to come out ;)
what you going to do now sony? - marzbar329, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0one word and one word only sony is evil!!!!!
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0SONY GONNA GET PWNT.
http://www.gamerzplanet.net/forums/t158170-digg-preview.html - AminoSC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Tsst, tsst, tsst... Sony!
- treed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0allofmp3.com FTW
***** the RIAA. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Sony, Sony, Sony, you really F.cked up this time. Now we have to sue your evil a$$.
- Osiriscky3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0eh eh told you so
BOYCOTT SONY
++DIGG FTW - Waltz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0For one thing I am not surprised that Sony played a game with us like this. And now it's a vunerability. Way to go DUMBASS!
They want us to stop copying then stop installing crap on our computers!
SONY piss off! If this thing even comes close to affecting me I'm going straight down to the local Sony Store and beating some random ass! Watch out you pricks! I'm comin'!
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