SONY Rootkit illegally uses code from LAME. Also, SONY to create self-destructing CDs.

[ToeJam13]

STEP ONE: Use freeware code in your DRM software

It turns out that the (Sony) rootkit contains pieces of code that are identical to LAME, an open source mp3-encoder, and thereby breach the license.

(LAME) is licensed under the so called Lesser Gnu Public License (LGPL). According to this license Sony must comply with a couple of demands.

LINK::SONY Rootkit uses Lame


STEP TWO: Limit the number of times you can play a CD

NEW YORK - Fingering consumers who play the same CD repeatedly as the latest threat to profits, Sony BMG music corporation is introducing new digital rights management (DRM) software that will limit the number of times CDs can be played by purchasers.

..

"in the past people had to replace their favorite vinyl albums because they become scratched and ultimately unlistenable after repeated use. People also had to replace their favorite cassette tapes, which could be depended on to lose tonal quality over time or to self-destruct when played in automobiles. Therefore, artists and record companies could rely on the repeated sales of albums to boost their profits."

LINK::SONY limits CD play


STEP THREE: Profit!



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Now I don't quite know how they'll make the CD play limits work with legacy players that can not save data to disc, unless they plan to make a disc that will degrade when a laser beam hits the media. Of course, sunlight would have the same effect, so you'd need to keep your discs in a dark place unless you want them to naturally degrade.

As for the DRM software... just one more reason why I install Microsoft's "TweakUI" PowerToy after any fresh install and disable the autoplay feature of any removable device.

 

[dmcowen674]

Step 4

Repost

 

[musicc]

Step 5

link to repost if it a repost.

Sorry, I can't help myself.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Since I'm not around here enough to hunt the original thread, I'll give my brief statement here :

They're just supporting piracy by making cd's that "expire."

Ever heard of those EZ-D DVD's? You pick it up at a regular store and it expires after about 48 hours.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Since I'm not around here enough to hunt the original thread, I'll give my brief statement here :

They're just supporting piracy by making cd's that "expire."

Ever heard of those EZ-D DVD's? You pick it up at a regular store and it expires after about 48 hours.

lolololol

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: LoKe
Since I'm not around here enough to hunt the original thread, I'll give my brief statement here :

They're just supporting piracy by making cd's that "expire."

Ever heard of those EZ-D DVD's? You pick it up at a regular store and it expires after about 48 hours.

lolololol

Thanks for your contribution.

 

[jackschmittusa]

I have already emailed Sony to tell them that I will never purchase another product with the Sony name on it. And I will encourage others to do the same.

 

[Rainsford]

I almost wish Senator Orrin Hatch had been able to get more support for his vigilante hacking bill...it was intended to allow the RIAA to "destroy" the computers of people pirating their music, but boy would I love a legal shot at Sony's corporate network

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: Rainsford
I almost wish Senator Orrin Hatch had been able to get more support for his vigilante hacking bill...it was intended to allow the RIAA to "destroy" the computers of people pirating their music, but boy would I love a legal shot at Sony's corporate network

That makes two of us. :laugh: :laugh:

 

[Czar]

from bash.. a very funny one

<DmncAtrny> I will write on a huge cement block "BY ACCEPTING THIS BRICK THROUGH YOUR WINDOW, YOU ACCEPT IT AS IS AND AGREE TO MY DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS WELL AS DISCLAIMERS OF ALL LIABILITY, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL, THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE INSTALLATION OF THIS BRICK INTO YOUR BUILDING."
<DmncAtrny> And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
<DmncAtrny> and run like hell

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Step 4

Repost

Step 5

Have a heart. :heart:

 

[CaptnKirk]

I don't buy ANYTHING from Sony.

They don't cheat fair.

 

[Parkre]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
I don't buy ANYTHING from Sony.

They don't cheat fair.

lmao!!