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Story: Microsoft to delete Sony DRM 'rootkit'
Posted by: Mike Perry (Monday 14 November 2005, 3:55 PM)
This offense by Sony is as bad as that by the Hollywood moguls whjo demanded, and sadly got, regionalisation of DVDs. I have relatives living in UK and USA but we can't watch each other's DVDs bought as gifts as my drive is region 2 and theirs is region 1. What's worse is trhat they automatically 'lock' your drive, note it's YOUR drive, so you can't play any DVDs other than ones from the same region as that causing the fifth region change.
My DVD drive is MINE - not Sony's, not Hollywood's. I decide what I want to watch and if my family buy me a gift (birthday, Christmas, Divali, WHY) that is a DVD then I want to watch it. And why not?
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Story: Microsoft to delete Sony DRM 'rootkit'
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This sounds a bit strange and I can only imagine t... Alistair Phillips -
It appears that Apple iTunes is also inadvertently... Anonymous
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I think we should [I know I am] boycott ALL Sony p... Anonymous
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The sony root kit problem should be a wake up call... Anonymous
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You know what Microsoft should fix the OS to not a... J. Johnson
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I think the whole epidemic of digital rights prote... Josh
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First thing is to get off a Microsoft Operating sy... Anonymous
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There is no way SonyBMG can explain this away. Th... Glory M
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Now i know i will buy an x-box 360 and not wait fo... Anonymous
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I find the actions of Sony deplorable and would li... Adam
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This goes beyond a simple copy protection. Severa... Anonymous
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This offense by Sony is as bad as that by the Holl... Mike Perry -
The bottomline is that when a consumer purchase a... Lupa
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People. Sony is but one of the big players pushing... Arthur B.
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The problem with people slagging of DRM is, a... Jon -
Jon, the people promoting DRM are not telling the... Arthur B.
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Maybe I'm being a little paranoid and conspiracy-t... Mike Crawshaw
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Boycott Sony Products: hit 'em where it hurts...th... TC
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20 lashings to Sony, 40 lashings to Microsoft for... Anonymous
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I work indirectly for sony in an engineering... greg
