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D-Bone
Nov 1st '05, 03:30 PM
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

I highly suggest all the techo-geeks around here read this whole article. It is quite amazing.
Cheesus
Nov 1st '05, 06:02 PM
Yikes, that's a little frightening.
Rehn
Nov 2nd '05, 09:24 AM
That is just going to force people to download the music. It's funny when Napster was at its peak music sales where up 25%. Now they are suffering because of all the crappy actions they are taking. Soon there will be no record companies, and they will be independent artists (Which will not be bad).
Stromgarde
Nov 2nd '05, 12:53 PM
complete horseshit.

"copy-protection" is horseshit too. well, at least this kind.
lethalmind
Nov 2nd '05, 04:34 PM
The most disturbing part of this to me is someone like me would never know this was there. I am not going to run most of those programs ever in my life and would have no earthly idea why my computer would be "acting funny". If something is going to be installed into your system from a disk it should by law let you know that it is going to attach itself there. Is the fact that it said that the disc was copyright protected with this software enough notice to me the casual user that it is gonna atttach itself into my computer?
D-Bone
Nov 2nd '05, 05:59 PM
Little update on the subject:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110202362.html
Stromgarde
Nov 3rd '05, 02:22 PM
and check this shit out... now this is entertaining! http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34

go go firt4internet!
D-Bone
Nov 3rd '05, 02:49 PM
Amazing. Way to go Sony. Morons.
Malice
Nov 3rd '05, 03:02 PM
Awe crap! We are so hosed now. PvP is going to be impossible.
D-Bone
Nov 7th '05, 12:10 PM
More on this story:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaking.html

And then at the bottom of that article, be sure to go here as well:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/sonys-rootkit-first-4-internet.html
Cheesus
Nov 7th '05, 02:43 PM
LOL, 'service pack 2' for their BS media player.
Rehn
Nov 10th '05, 09:40 AM
Update Oh how I love the EFF!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4424254.stm
Cheesus
Nov 10th '05, 10:32 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/tc_nm/sony_hack_dc
Phantom
Nov 10th '05, 09:39 PM
I just wish I could do half the shit Mark Russinovich is doing! Make that a tenth!
D-Bone
Nov 14th '05, 10:29 AM
Just a little update to this, looks like MS is going to remove this via their anti-spyware app....

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1886122,00.asp
D-Bone
Nov 14th '05, 06:10 PM
Couple more links for those still following this:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php

http://dewinter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215
Stromgarde
Nov 15th '05, 11:52 AM
that eff page is nice... well put.
D-Bone
Nov 16th '05, 10:02 AM
Looks like Sony is finally recalling the CD's:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441928.stm
Stromgarde
Nov 16th '05, 03:12 PM
haha, serves them right, aint right to do that shit to begin with!
Stromgarde
Nov 17th '05, 01:19 PM
Your Rights Online: DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit?
Posted by Zonk on Thursday November 17, @08:49AM
from the when-will-it-end dept.
An anonymous reader writes "With some help from Sabre Security, Sebastian Porst and Matti Nikki have identified some stolen GPL'd code in Sony's rootkit. Ironically the code in question seems to be VLC's demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM, written by 'DVD' Jon Lech Johansen and Sam Hocevar."


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