Re: [SLUG] Sony recalls copy-protected music CDs
In other words (quoted by someone else) It might be your intellectual property... But it's not your computer. Ben Peter Faulks wrote: BARCELONA - Music company Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer. Sony BMG has used the XCP copy-protection software on 49 titles from artists such as Celine Dion and Sarah McLachlan and produced an estimated 4.7 million music CDs. Around 2.1 million units have been sold on to consumers. The software, developed by British software makers First4Internet, installs itself on a personal computer used to play the CD in order to guard against copying, but it leaves the back door open for malicious hackers. The article is on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10069563/ == I always thought there was something fishy about Celine Dion :0) Regards -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Sony recalls copy-protected music CDs
Isn't it amusing that this whole thing is for protecting copyright but the rootkit itself contains GPL code (from lame) that Sony has infringed on. So Sony can run around infecting machines with stolen code (Im using there own words isn't it fun) and get a ooh you naughty big corporation dont do it again slap on the wrist, but if a 16 year old kid sends out a rootkit that infects half a dozen machines its throw him in a dark hole. Not only does this rootkit invade your privacy but its also creates massive security problems and multiple conflicts for which Sony hasn't paid the damages for yet. So people who keep saying there is a law for us and a law for the big corporations this is poof beyond doubt. On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 07:05 +1100, Peter Faulks wrote: BARCELONA - Music company Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer. Sony BMG has used the XCP copy-protection software on 49 titles from artists such as Celine Dion and Sarah McLachlan and produced an estimated 4.7 million music CDs. Around 2.1 million units have been sold on to consumers. The software, developed by British software makers First4Internet, installs itself on a personal computer used to play the CD in order to guard against copying, but it leaves the back door open for malicious hackers. The article is on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10069563/ == I always thought there was something fishy about Celine Dion :0) Regards Regards Richard Neal Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors than copyright infringement, or even outright piracy. Seen on Slashdot 30-09-2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Sony recalls copy-protected music CDs
Richard wrote: So people who keep saying there is a law for us and a law for the big corporations this is poof beyond doubt. It's just proof that the LAME developers are short sighted geeks. See my recent rant on the matter: http://whydontyoublogaboutit.com/item/356 Trent -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Sony recalls copy-protected music CDs
No the justice dept knows about this and handed out the warning when the law specifically says this is a criminal act. Last I looked a criminal act is just that nothing more or less. This is a failing of the govt (USA) to act upon a clear breach of the law. As for the LAME folks, shrug its up to them. On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 20:39 +1000, QuantumG wrote: Richard wrote: So people who keep saying there is a law for us and a law for the big corporations this is poof beyond doubt. It's just proof that the LAME developers are short sighted geeks. See my recent rant on the matter: http://whydontyoublogaboutit.com/item/356 Trent Regards Richard Neal Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors than copyright infringement, or even outright piracy. Seen on Slashdot 30-09-2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Sony recalls copy-protected music CDs
BARCELONA - Music company Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer. Sony BMG has used the XCP copy-protection software on 49 titles from artists such as Celine Dion and Sarah McLachlan and produced an estimated 4.7 million music CDs. Around 2.1 million units have been sold on to consumers. The software, developed by British software makers First4Internet, installs itself on a personal computer used to play the CD in order to guard against copying, but it leaves the back door open for malicious hackers. The article is on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10069563/ == I always thought there was something fishy about Celine Dion :0) Regards -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
