Sony apologises for content-protection CDs

It would have been more impressive and believable if Sony had immediately upon hearing of root kernal accusations issued a statement saying that this was against corporate policy and that they'd investigate the charges.

The fact that they have done it in the face of law suites and lost business cuts little ice with me.

I will still not be buying a Sony product where there is an alternative.

At least in the case of Sony there are alternatives, unlike that of Telkom.
 
They can apologize as much as they like but they're only doing it cos they got found out. I will only be purchasing a Sony **Spit** product as a last case scenario now.
 
Sony BMG DRM a Public-Relations and Technology Failure

http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=136331

What makes the Sony BMG incident even more unfortunate is that the DRM technology can be defeated easily. Gartner has identified one simple technique: The user simply applies a fingernail-sized piece of opaque tape to the outer edge of the disc, rendering session 2 — which contains the self-loading DRM software — unreadable. The PC then treats the CD as an ordinary single-session music CD, and the commonly used CD "rip" programs continue to work as usual. (Note: Gartner does not recommend or endorse this technique.) Moreover, even without the tape, common CD-copying programs readily duplicate the copy-protected disc in its entirety.
Click to expand...
 
bekdik said:
It would have been more impressive and believable if Sony had immediately upon hearing of root kernal accusations issued a statement saying that this was against corporate policy and that they'd investigate the charges.

The fact that they have done it in the face of law suites and lost business cuts little ice with me.

I will still not be buying a Sony product where there is an alternative.

At least in the case of Sony there are alternatives, unlike that of Telkom.
Click to expand...

True Bekdik. Sony first denied the allegations and then were forced to admit the allegations because of overwhelming evidence.

PS: I only buy Sony products overseas, the pricing here on Sony products are the biggest rip-off ever:eek:
 
Just one more reason not to buy a PS3, and feel jackhsit for Sony's copyright. They don't care about our rights...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X