5 Nov
2005
5 Nov
'05
8:22 a.m.
On Friday 04 November 2005 15:12, Mark Knecht was like:
On 11/4/05, Burkhard Woelfel
<versuchsanstalt(a)gmx.de> wrote:
There is that. ;)
Sony's DRM rootkit also appears to violate the Computer Misuse Act in the UK
and may have legal problems in other parts of Europe. Plus, I'm fascinated to
read the idea that Sony appear to have used parts of LAME code in their
product, does that count as shooting yourself in the foot? Oh, and of course
it doesn't work on Linux or Macs anyway. Boycotting Sony is probably
worthwhile, although that probably won't mean a great deal for most people on
this list. It's probably enough that we continue to forge ahead with building
a positive alternative while we watch the corporate music business screw
itself into the ground. ;)
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cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
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On Thursday 03 November 2005 15:04, Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
I have not yet found any non-Linux English report on this that points
out it's really Microsoft's lack of system security that would let a
CDROM install system files that cause the problem, right? studio-64 <fsmith(a)walescomputers.co.uk>uk>:
Spiegel.De reporting about "the PR debacle" (in german)
<http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzkultur/0,1518,383051,00.html>
- - Burkhard Try this for an update:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/02/1421250
PS this really is the war Zone, they get this through and we all
lose!!
Come on, FonyBMG and all the other biggies are idiot thieves on a
desperate rampage. In the past decade music industry has panicked out
of every single smart thing. They managed to screw their own A&R for
good. It's fun actually to watch them and their crap go down. A badly
written rootkit from Sony? I'm laughing essential parts of my body off
right now.
Wolfgang