Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow

Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-11-16

Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced plans on Wednesday to pull from store shelves nearly 2.6 million CDs that include a controversial copy-protection program, offer consumers an opportunity to return the discs, and create a more secure program to help remove the software from people's computers.

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Sony's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-16
Anonymous

I work for a state government agency, and just received word from our IT dept that some our servers and workstations have been infected with Sony's rootkit DRM by employees listening to their legally purchased cd's while working. This was discovered because the DRM was trying to send information to...

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Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-16
J S Strecko

Problem grow in security computer part.

But Nobody thought environmental part.

Howto eliminating 2.6 Million Of CD safely for environment and without bad cd come to blackmarket?...

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Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-17
Anonymous (1 replies)

I feel that both the RIAA and MPAA are slightly to blame. They used the same media that PC's use. If you make it inaccessible to a PC, then you don't have to worry about copyrights. Remember that whopping laser disc? I realize that CDROM's and DVD's are easier to manage, but shouldn't those resp...

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Re: Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-18
Todd Knarr (1 replies)

You need to re-check history. Both CDs and DVDs were originally media-only (audio and video/audio respectively). Computer hardware makers then adapted both to hold data as well, and since they were basing the data drives on the original non-data models it was easier to retain the ability to output a...

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Re: Re: Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-28
Anonymous

Ah...I stand corrected. However, the fact still remains that technology they use can be used by a computer. I think all industries need to re-think this....

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Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-17
Anonymous

http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hellokitty6na.jpg...

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Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-18
Anonymous

not just cd's, apparently:

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/11/sony_photo_sharing.html...

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BOYCOTT SONY ... for 6 months 2005-11-18
Anonymous

Think of it, what is Sony's market share in music, I bet its more than 20%...so at least 1 out 5 people who buy music CD's are at risk.

And ALL those people have access to a computer (Home, School, Work, etc), where if they played the CD in it, causes security risk that's presently UN-INSTALLA...

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Sony BMG's copy-protection problems grow 2005-11-21
Anonymous

Does anyonw know if other music companies are also affected by this problem. ie Capitol, EMI, etc......

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