Comments on: Sony BMG rootkit DRM deal

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:05:31 +0000

Interesting that two albums of songs =’s $7.50

But you are right. These CDs will continue to cause problems for years to come.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:16:23 +0000

The mistake was to hire New York lawyers to represent the victims. New York lawyers and judges are all interconnected. This is worse that Jack Abramoff at Washington.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:28:23 +0000

punitive damages could have been asked.

NY is apunitive damages state.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:58:25 +0000

Trouble is, no matter how it is settled, the crap is still out on the markets. Sony hasn’t really said anything to its merchants about removing the rootkit discs. As late as this week was an article stating that those cds were still on the market and being sold. Sony made a placebo recall, saying without using the word recall that they would take them back.

In places like Japan a member here said it was still on sale there also. Worse that no mention of the rootkit was in public news. Sony hopes to get away with this releasing of the rootkit to gather as much information as possible from its users. From Sony’s responces to this mess, it looks like it was a purposefully designed attack on its customers to gather more info in ways it would not have access to otherwise. Even the offer to replace the cloaking (not a removal tool) with a visiable file was another excuse to gather info on its customers.

I KNOW I won’t be buying anything from Sony again. I can’t trust them nor the cartels. First4Internet has already previously stated that all the cartel members were its customers. So the other cartel members saying they don’t use this was only a smoke screen for what they were intending to release on the public.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:21:25 +0000

Did not work for Enron top dogs. Some one needs to go to jail.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:20:39 +0000

It costs much more than seven to ten dollars to have this rootkit removed. Sony should be forced to pay every cent as well as extra money for the inconvenience it has caused its customers.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:20:17 +0000

Did not work for Enron top dogs.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:34:21 +0000

“There wa’s no mention of Sony BMG, First 4 Internet or SunnComm executives being sued individually.”

What are they going to be charged with? And why would they mention it? The lawsuit was against Sony-BMG, not individual executives. Hence the protection the coporate veil provides…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:42:21 +0000

What is going to happen to the people who put the ok on these root kits and breaking the law, their offering crums when criminal charges should be filed. Boycott Sony forever.