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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. Computer's way of saying no more? by Hates · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Are you sure the machine isn't crashing becasue it would simply rather kill itself that play a Celine Dion CD?

  2. Considering it's Celine Dion... by Penis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is prolly more a blessing than a curse.

    Pen-15

  3. Celine may be on to something... by ryanvm · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This is probably just a way to boost her sales.

    I know that the only Celine Dion CD that I would ever buy is one that doesn't play.

  4. Re:What about Autorun.ini? by donutello · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "how is preventing me to listen to a CD an incentive to buy it????"

    \begin{ObviousRedundantRepeatedJoke}

    Obviously, you haven't heard Celine Deon sing.

    \end {ObviousRedundantRepeatedJoke}

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    Mmmm.. Donuts
  5. Re:/me runs out to the store, buy open and return by red5 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The sticker's on the wrapper. The wrapper gets thrown away when you open the CD. Why wouldn't they believe you when you said your new CD had no sticker on it?

    Good point. I still won't be caught dead holding (let alone buying/returning) one of her cds.

    Posts like this should not get +5s.

    Hey I just post em I don't mod em.

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    I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
  6. Re:Who cares about MACs? by aldazar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I do hope your "I have no toleranse for stupidity" is a joke. You misspelled "tolerance".

  7. Oh Canada by devilbat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Assuming there was no loss of data I would suffer though a computer crash so that wouldn't have to listen to Celine Dion. That is a price I am willing to pay.