Stop Microsoft
Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: KernelPanic on 18 November 2005, 17:31
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/18/sony_copyright_infringement/
A parallel, and even more exhaustive forensic examination of the XCP code was undertaken by 'Muzzy' - who published his findings here (http://hack.fi/~muzzy/sony-drm/).
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and more...
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/11/15/sony_drm_patch_creates_serious_security_hole.html
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He's big into the Sony-rootkit thing. Saw a few of his posts on Slashdot.
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Let's boycott Sony ... I'll never buy one again and won't reccomend them to anyone either. I'll buy panasonic laptops from now on, and build all my PCs myself :thumbup:
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Let's boycott Sony ... I'll never buy one again and won't reccomend them to anyone either. I'll buy panasonic laptops from now on, and build all my PCs myself :thumbup:
Yep. If someone tells you that Sony BMG and Sony are different companies and you shouldn't punish Sony electronics for this, you can tell them that Sony owns half of Sony BMG and are responsible for the brand name anyway. It's proper tactics to boycott Sony because of this incident, they shouldn't get away with this and every action counts.
Also, if someone tells that Sony BMG shouldn't be punished for First4Internet's product, Sony BMG deliberately chose to use it, and they knew very well of its features. If they put a rootkit on their CDs without knowing what they were doing, shame on them, it's a good reason to boycott too. Also, there's evidence that the DRM system was a custom job for Sony, and that there's a Sony insider working in management of F4I as a director. Pretty convenient having liability fall on small third party. I wonder if their financing is clean, I hope the authorities investigate it as it smells fishy.
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If they wanna look clean in my eyes they better know exactly what the fuck they are doing ... if it's just 1 guy they should've cought him by now, don't tell me you can't run a 100% bullshit free business, but it takes effort and actually caring about customers, maybe a bit too much to ask ?
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Muzzy speaks wise words about Sony sucking and the need to boycott them.
There is no way that people can expect me to believe Sony corp was not aware of this crap, or that they shouldn't be held accountable. This is the company who put self-destruct codes in the blu-ray player spec, patented a system to make it impossible to play a game on any console except the one you first play it on, sued people who made mod chips for the PS2, broke the law by installing a rootkit on customers computers that compromised the security of said computers, refused to apologize for ******* its customers over with the rootkit, and refused to promise that they wouldn't release the same rootkit again.
Now it looks like they may have violated the copyright of the authors of GPL and LGPL software by buying and distributing said rootkit.... an action which would not be consistent for people out to "protect IP" but would be consistent for hypocrites out to control their customers. I seriously want to find out the end of that story.
Not to mention they had the balls to put a EULA on a CD. You don't need a licence for a CD! You only take licences when the copyright holder releases some of his/her rights to you, not sells you a copy. Oh yeah, another form of "drm" software from a set of other Sony/BMG CD's gets installed even when the customer rejects the licence agreeement.
This company has a serious attitude problem. How can anyone trust them ever again? I don't even know if the term boycott is appropriate. People should never buy their crap again so that this company goes bankrupt.
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Maybe we should start fucksony.com.
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Maybe we should start fucksony.com.
Somebody already bought the domain :(
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Sonysucks.com?
Or how about we just refer to the company as 'Phony'?
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What the fuck ... fucksony.com All the best resources on the net ??? Sony bought the fucking domain ... they got links to all sorts of sony cameras and shit !!!
Looks like they are just as evil as microsoft ... :mad: :fu: Sony
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Sonysucks.com?
Or how about we just refer to the company as 'Phony'?
How about
fucktheriaampaasonymicrosoftscoanddisonestpoliticians.com
?
:)
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Sounds cool.
How about a all the logos of the companies, plus a red white and blue elephant and donkey thrown in a grinder as a logo.
Oh, and the logo of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan too, whatever that is.
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Sounds cool.
How about a all the logos of the companies, plus a red white and blue elephant and donkey thrown in a grinder as a logo.
Oh, and the logo of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan too, whatever that is.
logo of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan ... it looks soooo happy :)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Sunkids.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan))
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fucksony.com might be taken, but fucksony.net, .org, .us, .info, .name, .biz, .tv, ,cc, .bz are all still available.
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Lets make
FUCKEVERYTHING.TLD
Muahuauahhaaua
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logo of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan ... it looks soooo happy :)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Sunkids.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan))
LOL it looks like some clipart from M$ Office. :D