Re: Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Dave Land 

On Nov 13, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:


Alberto wrote:


I never bought a pirate CD. But if I ever want to buy a CD with some
nasty copy protection, I will consider changing this paradygm.


I'm for a boycott of all things Sony, and for letting the artists  
whose music I may buy know about my feelings.


I buy CDs exclusively because of the greater freedom they afford  
(among other things.)  I also would consider pirating music if  
these rights are compromised.


Thankfully, the uproar over the ham-handed way that Sony tried to  
infect the music world (and the fact that they were sued, and the  
fact that crackers quickly figured out how to hide under Sony BMG's  
rootkit's skirts) has led them to suspend production of those discs.


http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/print.htm? 
TYPE=story&AT=3914-261733t-1002c

http://makeashorterlink.com/?T1B82472C
http://tinyurl.com/buxks
http://url123.com/85b7p

A victory for the little guy?
I doubt it very much.
A battle lost, but the war far from over?
Exactly.

Dave

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Re: Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Doug Pensinger 

Alberto wrote:


I never bought a pirate CD. But if I ever want to buy a CD with some
nasty copy protection, I will consider changing this paradygm.


I'm for a boycott of all things Sony, and for letting the artists whose 
music I may buy know about my feelings.


I buy CDs exclusively because of the greater freedom they afford (among 
other things.)  I also would consider pirating music if these rights are 
compromised.


--
Doug
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Re: Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Alberto Monteiro 
Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
>
> If you thought XCP "rootkit" copy-protection on Sony-BMG CDs was bad,
> perhaps you'd better read the 3,000 word (!) end-user license
> agreement (aka "EULA") that comes with all these CDs.
>
I never bought a pirate CD. But if I ever want to buy a CD with some
nasty copy protection, I will consider changing this paradygm.

Alberto Monteiro

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