Ed Fosters article hits the nail on the head dead on! Sony's very sneaky and deceptive DRM anti-piriate measures and rootkit software are not honoring the consumer wishes. Sony like all other hardware, media, music, entertainment companies exemplyfy this very typical greedy behaviour. All they care about is one thing: MONEY!
Especialy when the software displays the EULA and asks the user to either accept or reject it will still install the software no matter which you choose. I think that in this context what good is a EULA if its not honored by the user or by the software publisher as well? Installing software by stealth violates the EULA when the software publisher force installs it on a users PC anyway no matter how they respond to it. Go figure. Marc Sims Data Technician I Prince George's Community College >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, November 30, 2005 >>> Hi All, Ed Foster in his Gripe Columns talks about Sony and other things. His column appears in several tech magazines. Main page: http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/ Specific article: http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/11/22/24954/248 You're probably getting tired of hearing about Sony BMG's rootkit DRM, but one central mystery about it remains to be solved. What was Sony's real motive for what many consider behavior that is awfully close to a criminal act? To answer that question I think we're going to need to borrow a page from the criminal profilers by tracking the company's behavior. Fortunately, we have more than one crime scene to help us with our profile, because it so happens that Sony has been employing more than one form of spywarish DRM in recent months. Regards, Rich -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
