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EFF goes after Sony in a big way. I send the EFF a yearly donation and this year I am going to double my contribution. When companies like Sony do what they wish and break the publics trust they need to understand that the general public is not going to put up with these types of actions. Seeing my wife's
It's been a long time since I say as many people get as mad as they have about Sony. Their brand is now forever tarnished and if they don't start firing people and making liberal financial compensation to those that have been effected by their sheer ignorance and greed. The problem remains that most of the people affected don't know
Of course with 5 computers here at the house and the wife playing her large CD collection on her computer my digging around in it tonight made me want to scream. You guessed it the box has the Sony Rootkit installed in it. I immediately went to here CD collection and pulled out and CD with a Sony - BMG
Sony is going to announce a recall of all of the CD's that have the Rootkit installed on them and will be refunding money for customers with these disk. Now I wonder if they are going to pay to have customers take their computers to a repair shop and have their computers fixed. Not to mention that it is being
Looks like in Italy some people are not very happy with Sony. It appears Sony may be facing some legal issues surrounding the breaking of the publics trust. [www.smarthouse.com.au]
This without saying it convinces me to never every buy another CD from Sony ever again. I love music and buy Albums of groups that I like. But until their is some law on the books that prevent companies from installing spyware, rootkits and any other DRM technology I am not buying another CD. Sony I am also am placing
Realizing very quickly that they have done a very bad thing, Sony is rushing in to do damage control for illegally putting a spyware rootkit on people's computers. Thus far their partner company that was responsible for the maligned code are offering a patch to make this DRM package they have put on people's computers more secure. They are also