Comments on: Fascinating tale of DRM hell http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Make You Go Hmm: » Sony recalls CDs, offers swap to customers http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-39159 Make You Go Hmm: » Sony recalls CDs, offers swap to customers Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:04:08 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-39159 [...] Chronology of Sony DRM saga Tuesday November 1, 2005: Fascinating tale of DRM hell Monday November 7, 2005: Sony DRM rootkit debacle continues Tuesday November 8, 2005: EMI says no rootkits from our CDs Wednesday November 9, 2005: Pest Patrol will purge Sony’s rootkit enabled DRM software New! yactions.buildButton( 'save', 'My_Web' ); [...] […] Chronology of Sony DRM saga Tuesday November 1, 2005: Fascinating tale of DRM hell Monday November 7, 2005: Sony DRM rootkit debacle continues Tuesday November 8, 2005: EMI says no rootkits from our CDs Wednesday November 9, 2005: Pest Patrol will purge Sony’s rootkit enabled DRM software New! yactions.buildButton( ’save’, ‘My_Web’ ); […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Sony DRM rootkit debacle continues http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-38713 Make You Go Hmm: » Sony DRM rootkit debacle continues Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:27:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-38713 [...] Mark Russinovich, the guy who broke the disturbing story of Sony somewhat covertly installing a rootkit (see Fascinating tale of DRM hell) as part of their DRM strategy, received a response from First 4. And then he offers a detailed counterpoint essentially echoing other experts that it was too little, too late: Instead of admitting fault for installing a rootkit and installing it without proper disclosure, both Sony and First 4 Internet claim innocence. By not coming clean they are making clear to any potential customers that they are a not only technically incompetent, but also dishonest. [...] […] Mark Russinovich, the guy who broke the disturbing story of Sony somewhat covertly installing a rootkit (see Fascinating tale of DRM hell) as part of their DRM strategy, received a response from First 4. And then he offers a detailed counterpoint essentially echoing other experts that it was too little, too late: Instead of admitting fault for installing a rootkit and installing it without proper disclosure, both Sony and First 4 Internet claim innocence. By not coming clean they are making clear to any potential customers that they are a not only technically incompetent, but also dishonest. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Virus concerns cause Sony to patch hide and go seek CD copy protection scheme http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35967 Make You Go Hmm: » Virus concerns cause Sony to patch hide and go seek CD copy protection scheme Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35967 [...] Sony has released a patch to stop the hiding of their hidden rootkit which virus vendors raised concerns that malicious code could be buried using this copy protection scheme. [...] […] Sony has released a patch to stop the hiding of their hidden rootkit which virus vendors raised concerns that malicious code could be buried using this copy protection scheme. […]

]]> By: LUX.ET.UMBRA http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35893 LUX.ET.UMBRA Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:19:42 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35893 <strong>Why is Sony reinventing the DRM wheel in the States?</strong> It's amazing that Sony BMG is trying to DRM their CDs here in the States and going through such drastic measures as installing rootkits on your Windows system. This is also one of the reasons why I really don't touch... Why is Sony reinventing the DRM wheel in the States?

It’s amazing that Sony BMG is trying to DRM their CDs here in the States and going through such drastic measures as installing rootkits on your Windows system. This is also one of the reasons why I really don’t touch…

]]> By: Adam http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35681 Adam Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:36:55 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35681 Isn't it getting time to boycott Sony? - They continue to force users of their lame portable music players to have their *legally purchased* music translated into some obscure format ONLY used by Sony (ATRAC) - <a href="http://www.bladam.com/archives/0405042359.htm">Their music software is a steaming pile of bovine excrement.</a> - And enough has already been said about their protected CDs here and elsewhere. Such anti-consumer behavior can't last, can it? Well, as long as people keep buying the CDs... [sigh] Isn’t it getting time to boycott Sony?

- They continue to force users of their lame portable music players to have their *legally purchased* music translated into some obscure format ONLY used by Sony (ATRAC)
- Their music software is a steaming pile of bovine excrement.
- And enough has already been said about their protected CDs here and elsewhere.

Such anti-consumer behavior can’t last, can it? Well, as long as people keep buying the CDs… [sigh]

]]> By: darkmoon http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35655 darkmoon Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:40:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051101/2560/#comment-35655 Heh. I just posted yesterday on how to get around Sony's Labelgate on their music CDs, but one of LUX's authors told me that publishing such was illegal in the States, so I pulled the details of the post. What's really annoying about it is that I "OWN" the CD and yet they don't allow me to play the music in a computer without installing some really stupid player. Figured an easy way around that, wanted to share with the world that you can still buy these CDs, but then I find that you can't. So what's the point in buying a CD then? Sometimes you wonder what the heck the agenda of DRM really is there for since it's really not helping their profit margins any. Heh. I just posted yesterday on how to get around Sony’s Labelgate on their music CDs, but one of LUX’s authors told me that publishing such was illegal in the States, so I pulled the details of the post. What’s really annoying about it is that I “OWN” the CD and yet they don’t allow me to play the music in a computer without installing some really stupid player.

Figured an easy way around that, wanted to share with the world that you can still buy these CDs, but then I find that you can’t. So what’s the point in buying a CD then? Sometimes you wonder what the heck the agenda of DRM really is there for since it’s really not helping their profit margins any.

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