Sorry if it's been posted already...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/tc_nm/sony_hack_dc

This is getting worse for them.

I'd boycott Sony, but that would be too large a project to keep track of. Is'nt everything owned by Sony?

Pretty much. You'd probably wind up cutting out your favorite brand of lunchmeat or some shit.

I entirely endorse using virii for this purpose.

another reason, that I am glad not to live in Britain.

Nyeah. It happened to be there. I'm sure it'll happen here too. This is some really bad press for them, or at least it will be when someone duplicates it here.

Yeah since virus' recognize & obey international borders

We knew it was gonna happen as soon as the story broke about the root kits. At least this way it happened fast & word is out. And now we know Sony is not getting off scott free. Can we say class action?

California has already said class action. Hope it tickles, bastids. I have nothing against them in particular, but this was a dumb, dumb idea. Someone should've figured it out and stopped it. And the bad news is that corp's of that size do NOT learn anything anymore unless they get slapped in the wallet. Whatever it takes.

I love the fact that the ad I got on that page is from Philips.

Sony doesn't own Metropolis, does it? Cold Meat Industry? Projekt? A Different Drum?

I might be able to survive.

someone should sue 'em. sh|t, they sue kids for downloading their music; someone should sue them for installing hidden, malicious software onto their pcs. i think it's only fair.

Article that illustrates how widespread this problem has become:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0, ... _tophead_2

The REALLY disturbing part of the article:

Another reason I'm happy to have my recently acquired mac.

Yeah, see if they can swallow their own bitter pill when it's fed to them.

By the way, which band was it that changed a title of their album to "Suck Fony?" I forgot....

*edit*

Nevermind, found out it is Wheatus.

thanks for the heads-up. Tracked this down - one is to be filed tomorrow in New York, too.

source

they also lifted open source code, the LAME mp3 encoder, for their XCP without mentioning they did so. bad sony. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0, ... _tophead_7

And, ironically, code from the guy who wrote DeCSS (I think).

You can mail your cd's back to Sony BMG and they will send you a new unprotected copy of the disc.

It says they sold 4.7 million of the copy protected discs. Yikes!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051118/mus ... _recall_dc

I wish they'd give a comprehensive list of CDs. I don't know if this encompasses older CDs like Kings of Leon to newer discs like Imogen Heap. Both are RCA, which is manufactured by Sony BMG.

I own a lot of stock in Sony, so I have to defend my technological overlord.

Basically, if you attack Sony, you are hurting the troops. You don't hate the troops, do you?

There's a comprehensive list of the CD's in a public statement made by Sony. I'll see if I can find it and post a link.

I know there's a link off of eff.org...okay, here is the eff.org link.

Fuck. I knew I shouldn't have bought that Switchfoot disc.

Goddam it.

Here's the list: XCP software:

ARTIST ALBUM
1. A Static Lullaby Faso Latido
2. Acceptance Phantoms
3. Amerie Touch
4. Art Blakey Drum Suit
5. The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity?
6. Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
7. Billy Holiday The Great American Songbook
8. Bob Brookmeyer Bob Brookmeyer & Friends
9. Buddy Jewell Times Like These
10. Burt Bacharach At This Time
11. Celine Dion On Ne Change Pas
12. Chayanne Cautivo
13. Chris Botti To Love Again
14. The Coral The Invisible Invasion
15. Cyndi Lauper The Body Acoustic
16. The Dead 60's The Dead 60's
17. Deniece Williams This Is Niecy
18. Dextor Gordon Manhattan Symphonie
19. Dion The Essential Dion
20. Earl Scruggs I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends
21. Elkland Golden
22. Emma Roberts Unfabulous And More: Emma Roberts
23. Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain Jamboree
24. Frank Sinatra The Great American Songbook
25. G3 Live In Tokyo
26. George Jones My Very Special Guests
27. Gerry Mulligan Jeru
28. Horace Silver Silver's Blue
29. Jane Monheit The Season
30. Jon Randall Walking Among The Living
31. Life Of Agony Broken Valley
32. Louis Armstrong The Great American Songbook
33. Mary Mary Mary Mary
34. Montgomery Gentry Something To Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005
35. Natasha Bedingfield Unwritten
36. Neil Diamond 12 Songs
37. Nivea Complicated
38. Our Lady Peace Healthy In Paranoid Times
39. Patty Loveless Dreamin' My Dreams
40. Pete Seeger The Essential Pete Seeger
41. Ray Charles Friendship
42. Rosanne Cash Interiors
43. Rosanne Cash King's Record Shop
44. Rosanne Cash Seven Year Ache
45. Shel Silverstein The Best Of Shel Silverstein
46. Shelly Fairchild Ride
47. Susie Suh Susie Suh
48. Switchfoot Nothing Is Sound
49. Teena Marie Robbery
50. Trey Anastacio Shine
51. Van Zant Get Right With The Man
52. Vivian Green Vivian

SunnComm software:

ARTIST ALBUM
1. Amici Forever Defined
2. Foo Fighters In Your Honor
3. David Gray Life in Slow Motion
4. Alicia Keys Unplugged
5. My Morning Jacket Z
6. Santana All That I Am
7. Sarah McLachlan Bloom Remix Album