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Sony Proudly Rolls Out Spyware/Restrictions System

jhonny writes "Sony announced a new DRM technology called OpenMG X. Basically it keeps track on how many times you played/viewed (or tried to copy) your product and sends these statistics to the copyright holder."

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  1. Re:HERE is a good use for a firewall. by guacamolefoo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > and go on laughing up our sleeves about how the
    > Bush administration loves to suck corporate
    > cock.

    Given that this is Sony, I think I see potential for a new line of bukkake films. I think that Bush may have to be blacked out, though, under Japanese pornography rules. Maybe it'd have to be anime.

    I am disgusted that I know enough to have written the above post, btw. It's all second-hand knowledge. Honest.

    No, really.

  2. Re:Perverted Habits by Kredal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Too late, we already knew that... you're the only person in the history of the planet that has actually gotten that... *cough*.. game.

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