Sony's Suicide

Ok, more from the Sony front.

Let me first say this: If Sony is wanting to commit suicide they are def on the right path. In fact, Id say they already have the wakizashi plunged into their collective stomach's.

1st rootkits, then the ridiculous EULA, and now they want to stop the trade on used games?

http://techdirt.com/articles/20051109/1453248_F.shtml

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27568

So now, not only have they made it passing easy for malware and hackers to remain HIDDEN on your computer while doing hell knows what they are beginning to screw with the gamming world.

"A PATENT may allow Sony to ensure that no game would be playable from any console other than the one in which it was first read."

So what does this do if you dont want to spend 50$/60$ on a new game, or to ppl who wanna pop by a friends house to have some good multiplayer fun?

"However, Sony would apparently prefer that all of you out there who have gone through any form of bankruptcy didn't listen to their music."

This... I really cant even comment on.

And finally:

"...Sony BMG's content protection, which only requires that the hacker add the prefix "$sys$" to file names."

What hacker isnt going to take advantage of that?

And they call pirates a drain on society....

Pirates say what?

For all of us that would like to retain the rights to things we have PAID for: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27426

Too laZy to read?

Quick summary:

Next time you go out to buy a CD, think twice about installing it onto your computer... you are most likely (and definatly if you are buying a Sony CD) putting malware onto your computer that will cause it to BREAK if you try to remove it. That is, if you even realiZe youve put it onto your computer.

"If you look at the Sony rootkit, it does several things. It strips you of your rights, it potentially causes your computer harm, it breaks your computer if you remove it, and eats your CPU time. All of these things are bad, no question there. It also does the end user no good in any way, shape or form, not even by the most demented stretch of the imagination. It only hurts those who spent money to buy it. "

"Say you want to remove the Sony stuff. According to no less a source than The Washington Post, the bare minimum you have to do to remove the rootkitted DRM infection is give up your privacy. If you go to the Sony page, here, you have to give Sony your email at the very least, and according to the WP story, Sony then grills you about your reasons for not liking being rootkitted. "

"If you try to remove it yourself, you risk breaking your optical discs, or it kills them for you. Mark from Sysinternals is more than smart enough to figure out how to fix this, but are you? Off the top of your head, how do you do that again, no looking it up? To make matters worse, it installs itself so it runs in safe mode, and if it conflicts with something, you are really hosed. Sony's response? "This component is not malicious and does not compromise security. There are already exploits out there that take advantage of this."

If you are further interested you might wanna check this article out as well:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

and also:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/03/sony_rootkit_drm/

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