Filed under: Audio, Security, Windows, Commercial
Sony halts rootkit CD production
by Marc Perton Nov 11th 2005 at 4:44PM
After a week of increasingly angry responses from consumers, Sony BMG has finally decided to stop making CDs using its controversial DRM "rootkit." In a statement, the company admitted no wrongdoing, and said "as a precautionary measure, Sony BMG is temporarily suspending the manufacture of CDs containing XCP technology." The move may do little to quell consumer frustration, however, since Sony remains committed to using DRM on future CD releases.
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AFD said 5:14PM on 11-11-2005
Don't see this as a satisfactory solution for consumers. If they do away w/the DRM protected CDs for good and release an uninstaller for the rootkit - then maybe. Sorry Sony - love your products, but no more VAIOs, Walkman phones, Cybershots, PSPs, or Playstations on my wish list anymore. Lesson #1 - consumers vote w/their money. F'ck the consumer, you lose, game over.
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Christian Gonz?z Ver? said 5:42PM on 11-11-2005
and there will always be some sort of bypass to copy your favorite CD's, be it a counter-root-kit or just the simplest way of all, play your CD in your home stereo and plug it into the mic entrance of your computer, compress and voil?free MP3...
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Mark said 6:13PM on 11-11-2005
All of this hassle that Sony has been creating makes for bad public relations in the mind of your average Joe and Jane Best Buyer. They continue to hear stuff like this ("Sony infects computers with spyware" is what they hear, even if this isn't totally true), and will decide not to buy Sony products. There are tons of other electronics companies (Samsung, Canon, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Apple, etc.) who make products that are just as good, if not better.
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Escribano said 5:12AM on 11-12-2005
Users 1 - Sony 0
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John said 1:36AM on 11-16-2005
Lol i find it to be funny. But it does not bother me because I dont buy music cd's and never will. and never bought a CD player. I use "Alternative Methods" of obtaining music. ;-) lets just say i dont believe in making musicians rich , no matter how good they can sing.
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