Look for the next wave of viruses, spamware and malware to all have $sys$ in their names. They'd be stupid NOT to take advantage of such a stipud blunder.

Also look for hackers to reproduce the technique used to recreate this effect. Then Microsoft will have to plug the hole, thus making all copy protected (read rootkit infected) CD's unplayable on Windows machines.

Way to go Sony! Great vision and forethought as usual.

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