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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

sony drm infection map


the bastards at sony have been in big trouble lately. "copy protection software" secretly installs itself when users put certain sony music CDs in their computers. the software is a drm ("digital rights management" system) that uses a rootkit to gain install permissions on computers. this has a scary map of how far the drm has spread.

(QuarBy, 1:10 PM)

5 Comments:

halfway said...

This whole this is really incredible to me. Talk about a huge clusterfuck.

Seems like they should publish a list of the rootkit CDs, so people know not to buy the ones that are still on the shelves.

I was actually going to buy a newish Sony title, and now I'm worried. Are the CDs with the protection even marked in any way?

11/15/2005 02:31:14 PM
said...

Halfway-
. Bad news-that new Ricky Martin you were eyeballing is a no-no.

I read earlier today that there were something like 42 infected titles.

To make things worse, the latest reports going around are that the software fix that Sony has offered actually causes even MORE problems than the original DRM mess it's trying to solve. Nice one, Sony!

11/15/2005 02:48:31 PM
halfway said...

Great link. Thanks a million, now I know what to look for.

p.s. I'm just glad this came out into the open before I got a nasty surprise in my new Scott Stapp solo CD.

11/15/2005 03:01:17 PM
said...

Another interesting observation from that article is how EVERYONE in England loves all the crappy new Sony releases, but in rural France, they're not selling so well. I think a marketing focus group is in order.

11/15/2005 04:43:09 PM
said...

this is exactly the kind of story that gets me creeped out about "music rental services."

DRM sux, and i'm not saying that because i want to steal music.

11/15/2005 08:16:13 PM

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