jsunandmax wrote: > excuse my ignorance, what is EAC? Exact Audio Copy. A freeware CD reader for Windows. http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
> also, i dont know why it would need a rootkit, other than to hide > files/folders on the actual CD, and therefore i'm not sure its > analagous to a virus... Sony got into a lot of trouble a while ago, maybe a year or so, because they releases about 50 CDs what contained vicious and badly implemented DRM software. It used many of the standard techniques of rootkits, which are backdoor malware that get installed into your system and then hide their existence. There is no reason for Sony to have done it, it was a lame attempt to prevent music from getting bootlegged on P2P nets. It backfired. The term "virus" has lost most of its meaning. What Sony did was a gross violation of trust, they made your computer do what they wanted. Now even Steve Jobs says that DRMs for music just get in the way of legal users. Record labels are stupid. They are trying to reverse time. Back in 1994, you had to buy music CDs. Then CD burners became available. Then Napster and other sharing technologies. Its done. The lawyers will lose. Time for them to adopt a new business model. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
