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Sony goes too far with DRM

Sony goes too far with DRM

Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by ben_j_davis on Wed Nov 2nd 2005 at 1:36pm
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Posted 2005-11-02 1:36pm
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http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

Might wanna read this. Quite interesting and shocking.
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Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by Biological Component on Wed Nov 2nd 2005 at 9:12pm
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Posted 2005-11-02 9:12pm
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Blimey.
Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by French Toast on Wed Nov 2nd 2005 at 10:20pm
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Posted 2005-11-02 10:20pm
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Indeed.

However, to be perfectly honest, I only understood about half of the technical jargon in that :smile:
Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by Windows 98 on Wed Nov 2nd 2005 at 10:33pm
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Posted 2005-11-02 10:33pm
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Thanks for reminding me what I already saw on AOTS :wink: . yeah, but it's still pretty messed up.
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8521/windows981dk.jpg

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Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Nov 3rd 2005 at 3:09am
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Posted 2005-11-03 3:09am
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Yeah, I read about it on /.

I hate trying to remove junk like this. I wish the big companies would
realize this is the exact reason I don't buy their junk even if I
wanted it.
Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by Foxpup on Thu Nov 3rd 2005 at 4:31am
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Posted 2005-11-03 4:31am
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/\ Yawns

Trust me, it's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.
Better to be in denial than to be human.

Bill Gates understands binary: his company is number one, and his customers are all zeros.
Re: Sony goes too far with DRM Posted by French Toast on Thu Nov 3rd 2005 at 9:39pm
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Posted 2005-11-03 9:39pm
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Yeah, I can believe that Foxpup.