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Sony's EULA Worse Than Its Rootkit?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the quite-possibly dept.

jaaron writes "If you think the Sony rootkit is bad, check out the accompanying EULA! From the EFF's summary: 'If your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. ... Sony-BMG can install and use backdoors in the copy protection software or media player to "enforce their rights" against you, at any time, without notice. ... Forget about using the music as a soundtrack for your latest family photo slideshow, or mash-ups, or sampling.'"

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  1. Re:SONY's modest proposal by PygmySurfer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe the GP is a PC gamer... or a non-gamer.

  2. Re:SONY's modest proposal by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did you even read my post? "I hope you don't actually like console games." I already covered that angle. Sheeesh.

  3. Re:Sony, Enforce this IF you have the balls by NVP_Radical_Dreamer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd sure hate to see someone LOOSE everything

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