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The artists are seeing the effects
Perhaps the customers aren't seeing the effects of this, but the artists in question are, and boy are they pissed. Just go to any of the albums in question on Amazon and read the hundreds of 0 star reviews that warn people against buying the cd because it will break your computer.

http://businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2005/tc20051122_343542.htm
DROP IN SALES. In the beginning, it was cyber libertarians and outspoken consumer groups leading the charge against digital rights management (DRM). But the Sony rootkit debacle has brought the issue home even to digilliterates -- including many of the artists themselves.

"We're really upset about this," says Patrick Jordan, director of marketing for Red Light Management, which represents Trey Anastasio, former front man to jam band Phish. Anastasio's latest solo album, Shine, was released Nov. 1, just as news of Sony's rootkit was worming its way onto Internet blogs and listservs. "I'm expecting a decrease in sales," Jordan adds.

Indeed, Shine debuted with 15,000 sales its first week. But by week two, when the rootkit fiasco was in full swing, sales had plummeted to 7,000. Weekly numbers will be released Nov. 23, and Jordan is bracing for the worst. "It's been damaging, and certainly we're going to discuss that with the label," he says.
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This is what happens when the customer is not the #1 priority  CobraA1 | 11/30/05
Problem is...  ju1ce | 11/30/05
The artists are seeing the effects  tic swayback | 11/30/05
The Uneducated Needs Educated  DarbyOhara | 12/01/05
You hit the nail right on the head...  BitTwiddler | 11/30/05
will NEVER happen  Jeff Spicoli | 11/30/05
And also Jeff....  DarbyOhara | 12/01/05
Never say never  CobraA1 | 12/01/05
M$ should pay too!  Linux Geek | 11/30/05
You are so believable  nomorems | 11/30/05
ridiculous comment  DarbyOhara | 12/01/05
Lots more to this story  tic swayback | 11/30/05
Informative  KOS-MOS | 11/30/05
A Must Read Post  cyber-shoplifter | 12/01/05
Driskle and Seiburt give it 2 thumbs up! (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 12/01/05
Excellent!  palmwarrior | 01/07/06
only one course of action  Mectron | 11/30/05
Didn't stop 1 pirated copy  Nigel Johnstone | 11/30/05
The Onion put it perfectly  tic swayback | 11/30/05
Bwahahaha!!! Oh man!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 11/30/05
ROTFLMFAO @ tic and Jeff!!!!!  btljooz | 12/01/05
Great link!  X Marks The Spot | 11/30/05
happy  Nigel Johnstone | 12/01/05
C'mon.. balanoy  DarbyOhara | 12/01/05
Ummm Darb..  Jeff Spicoli | 12/01/05
You know that ELF headline is kind of misleading  voska | 12/01/05
So true  Spoon Jabber | 12/01/05
I really want to slap all those PETA twits around  Jeff Spicoli | 12/02/05
Then you're gonna love this one  tic swayback | 12/01/05
NICE!! && SO TRUE....  cyber-shoplifter | 12/01/05
cyber  btljooz | 12/01/05
NICE!! && SO TRUE....  cyber-shoplifter | 12/01/05
XCP and SunnComm should be drawn in  Boot_Agnostic | 11/30/05
There is a good side to this  Ken_z | 11/30/05
yup  Jeff Spicoli | 11/30/05
Music Industry as always been scummy  duclod | 12/01/05
The solution now becomes the problem  cyber-shoplifter | 12/01/05
No_Ax_to_Grind has left the building  cyber-shoplifter | 12/01/05
We need more articles like this  John L. Ries | 12/01/05
Who would want to....  DarbyOhara | 12/02/05
Sony and ALL it's subsidiaries NEED to be  btljooz | 12/01/05
Sony and ALL it's subsidiaries NEED to be  btljooz | 12/01/05
The bottom line.  papatator | 12/02/05
The real Problem is....  RoadRunner_z | 12/04/05
The real Problem is....  RoadRunner_z | 12/04/05
The real Problem is....  RoadRunner_z | 12/04/05
The real Problem is....  RoadRunner_z | 12/04/05
Sony should pay 100k * 10 million = 1 Billion in damages!!!  xunil skcor | 12/07/05
sony bmg faces the music  yorel | 12/27/05

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