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Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers

Posted by michael on from the new-day-has-come dept.

Uttles writes "According to Yahoo!, Celine Dion's latest CD will not play in computer drives. In fact: 'Should the consumer try to play Dion's CD on a PC or Macintosh, the computer likely will crash.' How is this legal?" Since Sony admits that their product is designed to cause damage to your computer system, almost anyone would likely have a good lawsuit against them. Attention Celine Dion and all musicians: crashing your fans' computers is not a good business practice. No matter what your agent says.

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  1. Re:Proventing Suicide by Afrosheen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I can see it now:

    Everquest user commits suicide after playing way too long and listening to the new Celine Dion cd. Sources say the CD inserted into his computer during his EQ game subsequently crashed the user's computer, causing him to lose all will to live. Film at 11.

  2. Re:Please, learn how to read and write by red5 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm on 4 hours sleep and more caffeine then should be legally allowed.

    --
    I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
  3. Re:Celine Dion, eh? by ArticulateArne · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'll admit it, too, I'm a 22 year old male, programmer by trade, and I enjoy Celine. Especially on a good system, (like my friend's 5Kbuck setup), and her SACD sounds incredible. Say what you want about the lyrics, she has an awesome voice, and good engineers. My musical tastes vary widely, and she creates genuinely good music.

    Sorry.