Sony being sued over their "rootkit DRM"

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yes but no recall, no real apology, and really an open door for them to screw us again in a more novel way in the future.

There was a recall actually.

that happened after my post. and really still the door is open for more of this behavior😛 they aren't sorry they did it, or because its wrong, they are sorry because they got caught!

 

[kranky]

As if they couldn't look stupider, in an interview with NPR, Sony BMG?s Global Digital Business President Thomas Hesse downplayed the recent DRM fiasco saying he objected to terms such as malware, spyware and rootkit. ?Most people, I think, don?t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?? he said.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yes but no recall, no real apology, and really an open door for them to screw us again in a more novel way in the future.

There was a recall actually.

that happened after my post. and really still the door is open for more of this behavior😛 they aren't sorry they did it, or because its wrong, they are sorry because they got caught!

I feel bad for the people that even after the recall and using Sony's "fix", they are in fact more vulnerable.

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

Originally posted by: RideFree
"As a result of Sony's failure to disclose the true nature of the digital rights management system it uses on its CDs," states Tuesday's court filing, "thousands of computer users have unknowingly infected their computers, and the computers of others, with this surreptitious rootkit. This rootkit has been responsible for conflicts within computer systems, crashes of systems, and other damage." The suit seeks $75,000 in damages for each defendant who voluntarily attaches his or her name to the class action.

If this hasn't already been stated in this thread; cause I didn't read thru it all:

The Texas Attorney General's office is filing suit against Sony under Texas' new Anti-Spyware law.

Bravo. Corporate hackers need to be dealt with even more harshly than teenaged hackers.

 

[0roo0roo]

heh theres actually a boycottsony site now😛 http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=39