Sony music CD installs spyware

[Kye-U]

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http://dewinter.com/modules.php?name=New...le&sid=215

Quote:The spyware that Sony installs on the computers of music fans does not even seem to be correct in terms of copyright law.

It turns out that the rootkit contains pieces of code that are identical to LAME, an open source mp3-encoder, and thereby breach the license.

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11...to_09.html

Quote:A few days after I posted my first blog entry on Sony’s rootkit, Sony and Rootkits: Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far, Sony announced to the press that it was making available a decloaking patch and uninstall capability through its support site. Note that I said press and not customer. The uninstall process Sony has put in place is on par with mainstream spyware and adware and is the topic of this blog post.

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/11/13/141...141&tid=17 (links to http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php)

Quote:"If you think the Sony rootkit is bad, check out the accompanying EULA! From the EFF's summary: 'If your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. ... Sony-BMG can install and use backdoors in the copy protection software or media player to "enforce their rights" against you, at any time, without notice. ... Forget about using the music as a soundtrack for your latest family photo slideshow, or mash-ups, or sampling.'"

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/sony-eula.htm

Sony's EULA.

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They're no different from a crapware company.