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Story: Microsoft to delete Sony DRM 'rootkit'
Posted by: Mike Crawshaw (Saturday 19 November 2005, 12:05 PM)
Maybe I'm being a little paranoid and conspiracy-theorist here, but....
Isn't it strange that Sony do this, just as/before (depending on your location) the X-Box 360 is released?
If this hadn't been picked up as being done by Sony CDs, many "normal" users would have assumed that it was a bug in MS operating systems. Result? Less confidence in Microsoft products, just as the big war between the 360 and PS3, where Sony are likely to lose a big chunk of market share in the console market again.
Hmmmm.... though if this is the case, how they thought they might have got away with it shows a very immature policy. But from the company that said "most users don't know what they are, so why should they care?", I can actually believe it!
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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
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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 -
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
