Jeff Guerdat wrote to Charles Scaglione:

JG> JG> For those who don't know, Sony/BMG is installing a
JG> JG> rootkit on computers that
JG> JG> play their new CDs for DRM (digital rights management) purposes.  Mark
JG> JG> Russinovitch of Sysinternals.com has written about
JG> JG> this problem and now there
JG> JG> are the first attacks using this software as a basis.
JG> 
JG> JG> http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/10/sony.hack.reut/index.html
JG> 
JG> More on this - Sony is backing down and removing the protection scheme:
JG> 
JG> 
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/11/sony.copyprotection.ap/index.ht

JG> ml

Yeah, after the lawsuits start to come in...

I will never forgive or forget this one, and I will never let them
forget either.

It's just too late now. There will never be any Sony */ANYTHING/* here
in this household again.

How do these men get the idea this kind of thing is OK?
JG> 

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... I don't want it now, I want it RIGHT now!

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