They dropped it because of the bad press as well as being sued, didn't they? That rootkit they put on there disabled the Windows CD driver if you tried to remove it - and you could only remove it manually. It was basically spyware - because it sent data back to Sony. Not sure if there was any EULA on the CD.
Yet another reason to not use Windows software for anything but what you have to for work/syncing/etc. On 3/14/07, Michael Lax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should ask some of the people I work with about that, because I'm not > positive about it. My recollection (which can vary based on time of day & > amount of chocolate consumed) is that either fair use guidelines or the DCMA > allow for creating a personal use backup - I don't recall the location of > that backup (MP3 vs. CD copy) being an issue; Sony dropped their CD copy > protection pretty quickly after some bad media attention. Part of the > problem with fair use, of course, is determining what's "fair" and what's > "use". > > Yes, DRM is just a load of giggles. > > Mike Lax > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig > Froehle > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] No more internet radio? > > On 3/14/07, Michael Lax <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:lzlong%40yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > Thus, copying a CD to your PC (not all of your > > friends) is okay. Copying that to your MP3 player is okay. > > Michael, IANAL, but I'm fairly sure neither of those are considered > legal under "fair use" guidelines since the consumer is NOT merely > making a copy, but actually transforming the content into another > format. While making a duplicate CD would be considered "fair use" > (under the archival back-up provision), ripping the original CD to > MP3/WMA would not be. Furthermore, if the CD has any anti-duplication > technology at all, circumventing it automatically puts the consumer at > odds with the DMCA. > > Or is there an authoritative reference that provides more accurate > interpretation of this situation? If so, I'd love to read it! :-) > - Craig -- ============================== War Eagle
