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Re: Sony CDs, DRM and Windows Media Center Edition...



Punish them by getting your music from www.allofmp3.com instead...


Ian Lowe wrote:

>Oh dear. I find myself agreeing with Bill Thompson again. *sigh*
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>Paul Robinson
>Sent: 05 November 2005 16:04
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Sony CDs, DRM and Windows Media Center Edition...
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>http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4406178.stm
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxx>
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 2:40 PM
>Subject: [ukha_d] Sony CDs, DRM and Windows Media Center Edition...
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>>Just a wee note in case anyone has missed this one..
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>http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.ht
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>>ml
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>>Without *any* hint of exaggeration, Sony's DRM protected CDs
install
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>malware
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>>onto your Windows PC which can and will interfere with it's normal
>>operation. If you run a spyware cleaner which removes it, it can
render
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>your
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>>PC unbootable.
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>>I wonder how much more of this people will tolerate while still
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>considering
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>>the media industry to be "in the right".
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>>I.
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