Sony recalls CDs, offers swap to customers |
This will be my last post on the Sony DRM debacle as I’m more than a little irritated by the whole chronology of events and that Sony would be so arrogant about this situation when their First4 software was initially exposed. New to this story? You can read the chronology at the bottom of this post.
Anyway, it seems like the story has a happy ending of sorts, with Sony now recalling these CDs and offering to exchange them for customers who bought them.
“Sony BMG deeply regrets any inconvenience to our customers and remains committed to providing an enjoyable and safe music experience,” the company said. Sony says more than 20 titles have been released with the XCP copy-protection software, and of those CDs, over 4 million have been manufactured, and 2.1 million sold.
Where does Sony go from here? The damage is done, IMO, they’ve violated the trust of their customers. I know I look to see what label is producing the CD before I think of buying it. For their sake, they better hope there aren’t a lot of people out there like me.
My disgust is carrying over to the PSP which has nothing to do with it, simply because I can’t help wondering what they might do through the firmware in that? I still have never upgraded the firmware since launch day on my PSP, despite the fact I own a game that won’t work without the upgrade. Not sure what I’ll do on this front.
Will leave this there for now.
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
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“Sony BMG deeply regrets any inconvenience to our customers”
They could care less, its all about money. Don’t let Sony off the hook that easy!
Demand your money back. It is so cheap to mass produce cd’s and ship them out (just ask AOL).
My computer being affected is just irritating but wondering how many government
computers are affected is unacceptable. Don’t forget, Sony is a huge member of RIAA and
now it’s time to show them, we don’t like them suing our kids. That 12 year old girl
settled out of court for $2,000. Demand your money back and tell your buddy to do the same.
Comment by Jim — November 16, 2005 @ 4:59 am PST