Sony and DRM

November 15, 2005 Posted by mitch | technology | 0 Comments

When will the Record labels stop? Treating *legal* customers like criminals, and disabling their computers if the consumer trys to gain control back over their PC? What is wrong with these corporate types that will stop at nothing to protect their 'intellectual property', if that means destroying *your* computer and *your* data, and even possibly costing someones life because of their attempts to stop you from pirating music. Call it what you like, but last I checked teenagers which the media calls 'hackers' have been put in jail for *much less* than this. What will happen to Sony? Nothing, other than the outlashing of conumers upset at the tricks that they're not supposed to care about. In case you haven't heard, Sony had paid a company to write some digital rights management that they embeded into their CD's, heres the original linked up from Groklaw. And then an update to the original that poses some more interesting ideas. So these "big anti-virus companies" that are supposed to protect you from root kits as well as other malware seemingly only work when theres an interested party with money that wants to keep it installed on your computer? Now, who is keeping your best interests at heart now? I don't want to sit and blow the Linux horn, however, I do want to point out that these situations are only just beginning. If these companies that are supposed to *protect you* but can be bought.... dosen't sound like much protection to me. The companies that have already shown to have their own best interests in mind(which means they want to maximize their profits), already have lots of money to assure that happens. And know where to use it. Which means they want to take away rights givent to you by fair use, and treat the everyday consumer like a criminal. Know your rights, and don't give them up lightly.