Texas sues Sony BMG over music protection software

...who didn't see that coming?

Published on November 21, 2005 By DesignCaddy In Personal Computing

Reuters reports that Texas' attorney general has filed suite against sony for its controvesial root protection software. This is going to open up a whole can of worms...

http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-11-21T180411Z_01_HAR163297_RTRUKOC_0_US-SONY-TEXAS.xml

Comments

liquidguru

on Nov 21, 2005

it's only what they deserve...sony, in this instance, are no better than virus-writers..their EULA contained no warning of the malicious software they installed on your PC....they are no better than the people they want to stop...they haven't apologised and their un-install routine could leave your CD drive disabled...big money company at it's worst

thanks for the link, i always enjoy a good chuckle

liquidguru

on Nov 21, 2005

and now it looks like the EFF are filing a class action suit against sony too

Link

seems sony have some problems ahead....

liquidguru

on Nov 22, 2005

if you are unsure what all the fuss is about with sony and the 'rootkit' issue, you should read the following link from the BBC. it explains clearly why people are so upset about this...

Link

it is an issue that should concern you, because this is only the beginning....i fully agree to trying to protect artists rights, but not to the extent that the 'protection' seriously harms our rights as the consumer

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