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Alas, Sony still doesn't get it...
This statement proves it:

"As the company develops new initiatives, it will continue to seek new ways to meet consumers' demands for flexibility in how they listen to music, while protecting intellectual-property rights."

They went way beyond letting the cat out of the bag with this fiasco. Now EVERYONE knows about this DRM nonsense, and now NO ONE will put up with it any more.

The best part of this whole mess is Sony single-handedly informed the non-computer/internet-savy purchasers of the world that this garbage exists, and their rights (whether they knew it or not) were being compromised with these CD's.
Posted by: BitTwiddler   Posted on: 11/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Not good enough  tic swayback | 11/18/05
Not to mention  techboy_z | 11/18/05
Sony is paying for the postage  tic swayback | 11/18/05
Who would want to send them back?  too_much green_tea | 11/18/05
Because of flaws in the rootkit? No, BECAUSE of the rootkit  PB_z | 11/18/05
I agree  dragosani | 11/18/05
Yes, but also because the rootkit violates the LGPL.  Zogg | 11/19/05
rootkit CDs are becoming collector's item  too_much green_tea | 11/18/05
I can 99.9% guarantee that...  dragosani | 11/18/05
Nah ... black hats don't need them  too_much green_tea | 11/18/05
Ok  dragosani | 11/18/05
I'd be asking SONY for a NEW PC  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 11/18/05
Mac OS X as well  symphoniq | 11/18/05
Wrong Scheme  Edward Meyers | 11/19/05
Screws up ANY future used CD purchase  studio7onthesunsetstrip | 11/18/05
Just Disable Auto Play  Edward Meyers | 11/19/05
MS should be flogged on the  Boot_Agnostic | 11/20/05
School Yard Pirates  cyber-shoplifter | 11/19/05
Plenty of other brands around...  Twong_SNG | 11/19/05
never buy Sony or BMG  jacksonthecat | 11/19/05
RE: never buy Sony or BMG by jacksonthecat  btljooz | 11/19/05
First 4 should be arrested  jacksonthecat | 11/19/05
Ironic CD Title  mcqdew | 11/19/05
Why no No-Ax?  Seenidog | 11/19/05
Sony CD Protection nightmare  jgcarney | 11/19/05
You _could_ sign up for the class action, but...  BitTwiddler | 11/19/05
I'm returning all my SONY CDs  IT-sys | 11/19/05
Magnatune is great - you are right but  treatise | 11/20/05
Alas, Sony still doesn't get it...  BitTwiddler | 11/19/05
Offence List  debater | 11/20/05
Important warning here  tic swayback | 11/21/05
The REALLY SORRY thing is that  Update victim | 11/21/05

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