They may well end up making it easy for non-technical users to remove this stuff, they already released a patch that deisables the stealth side of the code that viruses are exploiting.
The disabling of PC cdrom/dvd is a technical mistake, not deliberate behaviour. As I said before there are 2 issues here, DRM in general (which far more companies than Sony support, including Apple) and the technology used, which in this case was badly designed rubblish which has cost Sony dear. Anti-DRM people can rejoice that crappy implementations such as this do real harm to the DRM concept in general, even though theres plenty of other DRM stuff around that never gets any bad press because its not technically flawed like the Sony thing. Sony deserve what they get in this case, which is now involving at least 6 lawsuits against them around the world. Suggesting theres nothing to stop them hampering non-MSM content using similar techniques, is a step too far for me. Why would they do that? The logic behind their flawed DRM attempts was very simple, to protect their own CDs and thus the revenue from their music label. It doesnt imply anything else, and they have included Rocketboom in their latest PSP-software for the PC, so I see no evidence that they are anti-independent-content-creators, theyve just been overly protectionistic in one field o their business and will probably have to think hard before trying such things again. Im sure this isnt thew first case of CD-protection gone wrong either, we've been here before in recent years. Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't care what they do now. I don't trust that company. The only > reason they stopped was that they were getting bad PR up the wazoo. > Nobody at Sony Corporate stopped to think about the implications of > installing software without full and honorable disclosure to home users. > > Will Sony re-claim all of the copy protected CD's? Will they make it > easy for non-technical users to remove that crap? Can you call them on > the phone for an answer? The answers lie between the letters "N and O". > > On the videoblogging side - if the technology is improved so that they > can install software that can disable my CD/DVD device what is to stop > them from preventing anything they perceive as a threat to their > business, including content creation by non-MSM producers and vloggers? > > Bah! > > Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected], duncan speakman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sony stops making anti-piracy CDs > > > > <URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4430608.stm > > > > > > > -- > > <URL: http://29fragiledays.blogspot.com > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
