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More on this sillyness about antipiracy software that Sony has embedded into many of its current Music CDs it is now shipping:

 

Quote from the AP:

"WASHINGTON (AP) - Stung by continuing criticism, the world's second-largest music label, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, promised Friday to temporarily suspend making music CDs with antipiracy technology that can leave computers vulnerable to hackers.

Sony's announcement came one day after leading security companies disclosed that hackers were distributing malicious programs over the Internet that exploited the antipiracy technology's ability to avoid detection. Hackers discovered they can effectively render their programs invisible by using names for computer files similar to ones cloaked by the Sony technology."

Seems that this action was taken not long after the following comments were made by a senior HomeLand Security official:

"It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property, it's not your computer," Baker said at a trade conference on piracy. "And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to adopt in these days."

He did not cite Sony by name when making the comments.

You can read the whole story here:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051112/D8DQJN3G2.html

My only question in all this is - why didn't Sony act sooner - and even more to the point why do they event think they have the right to put this software on my PC in the first place. I say "Sony - keep your stinking paws of my hard disk!"

This is silly and stupid. Sony BMG music has put a Windows based application on thier music CD's that is suppose to manage thier digital rights. It installs itself onto you PC and then you can not remove it. Any attempt to remove it will cause your PC's CD Drive to fail to operate.

That is stupid. America (and the world) you decide who has these rights and can exercise them - you vote with your pocketbook - SIMPLY do not buy SONY BMG music any longer. They will get the message.

Check out the newest threat - this copyright software is being used by Visus writes to gain access to your computer and exploit it. An excerpt from the article:

"A controversial copy-protection program that automatically installs when some Sony BMG audio CDs are played on personal computers is now being exploited by malicious software that takes advantage of the antipiracy technology's ability to hide files.

The Trojan horse programs - three have so far been identified by antivirus companies - are named so as to trigger the cloaking feature of Sony's XCP2 antipiracy technology. By piggybacking on that function, the malicious programs can enter undetected, security experts said Thursday."


Here is the whole story: http://apnews.myway.com//article/20051111/D8DQB2IG4.html