The Sony Rootkit Debacle

[Grandmaster]

Just to make things even more of a mess...Sony might have reverse engineered Apple's FairPlay DRM to make its CDs work on the iPod. If done without Apple's permission, another lawsuit for the taking

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051206-5697.html

 

[j79zlr]

Not too mention the use of GPL'ed code in the rootkit. If this was some pimply faced teenager writing a virus [read blaster] they would throw them in jail.

 

[NetRyder]

Almost obvious it was done without Apple's permission. Sony fell into one really deep hole this time...

 

[j79zlr]

Hopefully the whole silly idea of DRM gets set back a few years by all of this crap. Even the sun shines on a dog's ass..............

 

[Grandmaster]

Yep I knew about that too. All the attention has really screwed Sony over. It seems like every week there is a new law they are breaking

Hopefully the whole silly idea of DRM gets set back a few years by all of this crap. Even the sun shines on a dog's ass..............

I seriously hope so. This has really brought DRM a lot of negative attention. I hope it becomes so unpopular companies won't think about using DRM again.