Sony BMG, Continued
Date: Tuesday, December 06 @ 09:18:16 EST
Topic: Inventions and Solutions
Some new developments have come out in the article Tool posted a few days ago.
To reiterate: some Sony BMG CDs now come with a DRM scheme which leaves your computer extremely vulnerable to Trojans. Trying to uninstall it yourself will render your CD drive unusable. Using Sony's uninstaller will open up even more security holes. And now, the plot has gotten even thicker.
It seems that Sony (or rather, the people who developed the XCP software for them) is in fact guilty of copyright violation! The Register has the story.
For anyone who hasn't yet figured it out the lesson they should learn from this fiasco, I'm going to summarize it as succinctly as I can:
DO NOT BUY AN XCP-PROTECTED CD
It will hose your computer, and trying to unhose it will hose it worse. Additionally, you will be supporting Sony's blatant violation of all kinds of consumer rights. Sony has published a list of titles that carry this protection. The bottom line: Don't buy them. Just don't.
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