On 4/13/14 10:20 : , Sandy Harris wrote:
> ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Bad luck, Nathan. I must confess a similar antipathy to Sony goods;
>> however, I have no rational basis for this feeling.
> There is a rational basis. The company engaged in what to me seems
> obviously criminal intrusion on customers' computers.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
>
> The most charitable interpretation would be that they overreached the
> bounds of reason in copy protection. Even that does excuse other
> things they did, including lying about it their system and, ironically,
> violating copyright on some open source software in building it.
>
>
The rootkit debacle gave Sony Music a black eye that it took years to
overcome. I, for one, refused to buy any of the CD's that installed
malware on my computer and prevented me from ripping my own copy of the
CD that I own, in my own chosen format, per the Fair Use laws.
--
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
Valparaiso, IN
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard
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