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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:Rootkit worse by external400kdiskette · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's some guy who hates me that mods all my topics troll whenever he happens to be around.

  2. Re:SONY's modest proposal by maelstrom · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your sig sucks.

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  3. Re:SONY's modest proposal by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 0, Troll

    It may be a shock to people who are obsessed with their operating systems, but I think Microsoft is a lot cleaner than Sony.

  4. Re:Stop trying to sound smart - you're too stupid! by EuroChild · · Score: 0, Troll

    Also, in true /. fashion, your response - which actually challenges the above post and may spur discussion - is of course posted as an Anonymous Coward.

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