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ECDPlayerControl.ocx contains the entire id3lib library and their software also contains signifigant portions of the LAME Encoder ... Both of these are LGPL software libraries.

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* b) You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
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XPC violates at least section 1 and possibly section 2.

So the Copyright protection itself is a copyright violation. The message is we care so much about IP rights that we will violate somone elses rights, infringing their copyright, and hack your machine , messing it up by installing a rootkit then when you uninstall mess your machine up even more. Who is the Pirate here?

Also...

SONY said it will stop distributing XCP but not SunnComm's MediaMax. MediaMax installs itself almost completly, 12 MB, prior to offering the EULA.

It gets even better;

"They install software without meaningful consent or notification, they include either no means of uninstalling the software or an uninstaller that claims to remove the entire program but doesn?t, and they transmit information about user activities to SunnComm despite statements to the contrary in the end user license agreement and on SunnComm?s web site."

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=925

Remember SONY is only recalling XCP copy protected CDs not MediaMAx protected CDs. Also MediaMax is used on CDs from the other labels besides SONY to boot.

Posted by: Edward Meyers   Posted on: 11/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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