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justin
11-03-2005, 08:44 PM
After a chorus of criticism, Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news).'s music division said Wednesday it is distributing a free software patch to reveal hidden files that automatically installed to hard drives when some of its music CDs were played on personal computers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_hi_te/sony_copy_protection

great now even sony is spying on us :mad:
fragger
11-05-2005, 02:56 PM
whats with every damn company wanting to install some shit or another in our computers and a reputed company such a sony doing such thing is just shamful. booo sony boooooooooo!
raj
11-05-2005, 04:26 PM
Piracy Costs Software Manufacturers $50Billion every year, that's in losses, Sony was prone to do it, With Terabytes of illegal Music available on P2P and Torrents, it'd oubtable wether a action like this would actually help sony.
von Radic
11-06-2005, 05:15 AM
I had my entire hdd changed just 2 monce ago and aint used any sonys so I'm not worried hehe
sanjoy
11-06-2005, 09:44 PM
its a good thing i dont buy original music cds......mp3s rule! :D
kane
11-06-2005, 10:20 PM
Well if you are thinking that is something here is what happens when you try to uninstall it.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/01/sony_rootkit_drm/ It kills windows!
sam
11-07-2005, 06:44 PM
Its a invasion of your privacy somebody sue these jokers!
Kakashi
11-10-2005, 09:55 AM
It just shows that Sony is more interested about their profits than their consumers property and Privacy. This is complete and utter bullshit!
digital_brain
11-10-2005, 05:52 PM
its a good thing i dont buy original music cds......mp3s rule! :D
Yeah......MP3s r the best thing invented after sliced bread :D :D :D
gung ho
11-11-2005, 10:30 AM
they have since released a patch that remove their spyware from computers.