Read this (http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html) and be amazed!
Amazing! :o
scarey!
:ranting:
1-2% of CPU? Shoddily written, undisclosed, system-affecting software with no means provided for removal. Hmmm. I wonder if the other record labels have similar stuff!
Now, what was that about rootkits again?
:ph34r: It scares me when i think of the labels that sony own, colombia bmg epic etc then the minor labels ran by these companys like illustrious records (owned by epic) deconstruction < well known for dance music (or it used to be wen i was a lad) owned by bmg :sad: It go's on and on! It must be like pyramid stealth installations. I will feel safer with limewire than a bought cd.
Ways round it...
MacOSX
Linux
(do not do this next one though ;) ) Bittorrent (remember that as someone commented under that blog "buying the cd then downloading the tracks off p2p/bittorrent" still technically illegal so don't do it)
DRM on individual legal music downloads/purchases would appear to be a better option, so I guess buying mp3s is the way of the future - only with you could access the uncompressed music when buying online...
I just rip them straight to MP3 before I even play them on a regular CD player, generally. It's much more convenient to have all my music sitting on my HD anyway, really.
QuoteOriginally posted by Maus@Nov 2 2005, 03:11 PM
I just rip them straight to MP3 before I even play them on a regular CD player, generally. It's much more convenient to have all my music sitting on my HD anyway, really.
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:withstupid:
Perhaps if they started to release CDs with a PC-readable folder containing pre-ripped mp3 files. That way the record label can put DRM tags onto the mp3 files, and the artists/labels can provide music with a pre-defined quality setting depending on disc-space available. Save us the hassle of ripping to mp3, support the digital movement which is getting big, avoid OS platform issues (hopefully)...
oh, just wanted to add in an interesting read on related subject matter here:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index.html (http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index.html)
QuoteOriginally posted by suicidal_monkey@Nov 2 2005, 05:11 PM
oh, just wanted to add in an interesting read on related subject matter here:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index.html (http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index.html)
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She doesn't pull any punches does she :)
its all far too technical for me :blink:
Both are interesting reads.
Sony have capitulated.
Full story here (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27416)
QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Nov 3 2005, 01:57 PM
Sony have capitulated.
Full story here (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27416)
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I read elsewhere (bbc, the register) that what sont/xpc have releeased is a kit to uncloak the rootkit/DRMsoftware, but that to remove it you still have to contact them for help. As the register's article says (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/03/sony_rootkit_drm/) "And with this level of apathy, the music giants will be emboldened to try these techniques again. And again. And again."
Scarey!
Hackers have found a use for the Sony software already, could this be sthe start of WoW becoming infested with cheaters?
link (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/04/secfocus_wow_bot/)
more...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4406178.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4406178.stm)
I guess some people were really unhappy about it
Sued (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/10/sony_sued_for_rootkit/)
Not as unhappy as some other people are about to be:
malicious software uses Sony rootkit (http://news.com.com/Bot+for+Sony+CD+software+spotted+online/2100-1029_3-5944643.html?part=rss&tag=5944643&subj=news)
The saga continues as MS takes a stance:
http://news.com.com/Microsoft%20will%20wip...49041&subj=news (http://news.com.com/Microsoft%20will%20wipe%20Sonys%20rootkit/2100-1002_3-5949041.html?part=rss&tag=5949041&subj=news)
Does anyone actually admit to buying any of the CDs that were infected with the copy protection?
The list was un-inspiring to say the least and they are all in the US market.
Microsoft will take any chance to have a pop at Sony! :D
QuoteOriginally posted by A Twig@Nov 14 2005, 02:47 PM
Microsoft will take any chance to have a pop at Sony! :D
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...and have.
MS will now include the rootkit as malware in their Malicious Software Removal Tool and have an automated removal procedure for it. The update including the tool is due to be issued in December. Read about it here (http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=3911).
If MS get the tool wrong then look our for lots of people complaining about their CD drives not showing up in Explorer after removal of the rootkit :roflmao: :roflmao:
TL.
Ohhh, do we all get to sue Microsoft when that happens then!?!?!? :D :D :D :D
and then it got a little bit worse...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27714 (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27714)
"Moral, if you bought Sony products, you are screwed. If it causes you problems, you are screwed more. If you uninstall, you are screwed yet harder. If you uninstall it yourself, you are a criminal under the DMCA. If you use an antivirus program to uninstall it, you spent money to fix Sony's problems, and you are still a criminal. That's what you get for buying music.µ"
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