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Sony Rootkit Allegedly Contains LGPL Software

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-keeps-getting-funnier dept.

Deaths Hand writes "According to this Dutch article the Sony DRM software (or rootkit, if you may prefer) contains code from the LAME MP3 encoder project, which is licensed under the LGPL. However, the source code has not also been distrbuted, hence breaching the license. Here is an english translation of the page." So apparently Sony violates your privacy to create a backdoor onto your machine using code that violates an Open Source license. This story just keeps getting stranger.

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  1. Re:Sony needs to protect its image... by UtucXul · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I also feel sorry for the poor chap who buys Ricky Martin, Neil Diamond or Celine Dion CDs, I really do.
    I only feel sorry for the people around the person who buys Ricky Martin, Neil Diamond, or Celine Dion CDs.
  2. You know what they say... by the+MaD+HuNGaRIaN · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, music listens to YOU!!!!

    In China, only old people buy Sony CDs.

    1. Hide Rootkit in Music CD
    2. Violate LGPL
    3. ???
    4. PROFIT!

    Does anyone know if this new DRM included on the new Natalie Portman CD "Hot Petrified Grits"?

    OK, which ones did I miss?

  3. Re:Sony Rootkit by cyclop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I was 7, I played VIC20 software tapes on my tape deck. It was really fun, it was the first electronic music I heard indeed.

    Later I remember I played .exe files in some kind of wave editor. It was cool, but not as cool as VIC20 tapes. I used it for some kind of electronic-noise project I had when I was in high school, I think.

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  4. Re:shouldn't matter anyway by maxwell+demon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, that's a lame joke! :-)

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