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That Sony DRM meltdown...
Yes, indeedy, it just gets worse. If I was one of the people whose system was so trashed/compromised, I'd be buying tune downloads, playing them over to another machine, and making my backups on that machine only. And never buy a complete Sony disk again. Is my memory that long? Yes--Firestone/Bridgestone has had two massive tire recalls in the past 15 years. People died. I had a blowout at 60 mph with a Bridgestone tire. Enough said.
For a quick synopsis, head to the Reality-Based Community. A snip:
"... the unfolding drama that began with Sony's truly stupefyingly bad idea to secretly put a little program on audio CDs--yes, audio--that installed itself invisibly in the darkest middle of Windows if you loaded the CD, and prevented you from doing things like copying songs from the CD more than thrice."
To go straight to the latest gaffe:
"Recent criticism has focused on Sony's release of discs containing copy-protection software created by British company First 4 Internet, which opened listener's computers to hackers' attack. The latest risk is from an uninstaller program distributed by SunnComm Technologies, a company that provides copy protection on other Sony BMG releases."
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1002_3-5961560.html
As always, that last is in the NYT, so if you don't have a paid subscription, read fast.
For a quick synopsis, head to the Reality-Based Community. A snip:
"... the unfolding drama that began with Sony's truly stupefyingly bad idea to secretly put a little program on audio CDs--yes, audio--that installed itself invisibly in the darkest middle of Windows if you loaded the CD, and prevented you from doing things like copying songs from the CD more than thrice."
To go straight to the latest gaffe:
"Recent criticism has focused on Sony's release of discs containing copy-protection software created by British company First 4 Internet, which opened listener's computers to hackers' attack. The latest risk is from an uninstaller program distributed by SunnComm Technologies, a company that provides copy protection on other Sony BMG releases."
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1002_3-5961560.html
As always, that last is in the NYT, so if you don't have a paid subscription, read fast.