I know someone who had a huge bill after there computer was rendered useless because of this. Sony should reimburse these people. The amount of money dumped into this stuff could feed another nation? They stopped SACD and other high quality mediums because it is to expensive! But spend millions on pointless litigation to prolong the enviable a year or two. I find it amazing these people are suppose to be helping the music industry.
Computers and audio, perhaps its too soon
There is a previous thread on the Sony/BMG spyware debacle, but perhaps it needs to be reiterated in order to reach more people. I only found out about this recently buried deep within my daily paper, I'm sure most people still don't have a clue about this situation.
Apparently Sony/BMG secretly installed sypware and a virus on some newer cd's which could cause one's computer to crash. This episode only reinforces my warriness about this convergence. I would like to maintain my audio system's integrity and privacy! I will never use a computer in my system until I am assured this will never be a problem, I think I may be waiting forever.
I am just waiting for the day when they start to install malicious software on audio equipment!
For some background on this, http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/
Apparently Sony/BMG secretly installed sypware and a virus on some newer cd's which could cause one's computer to crash. This episode only reinforces my warriness about this convergence. I would like to maintain my audio system's integrity and privacy! I will never use a computer in my system until I am assured this will never be a problem, I think I may be waiting forever.
I am just waiting for the day when they start to install malicious software on audio equipment!
For some background on this, http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/