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DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit?
An anonymous reader writes "With some help from Sabre Security, Sebastian Porst and Matti Nikki have identified some stolen GPL'd code in Sony's rootkit. Ironically the code in question seems to be VLC's demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM, written by 'DVD' Jon Lech Johansen and Sam Hocevar."
The Revenge of the Sick (with copy protections)!
Maybe Computers will never be as intelligent as Humans.
For sure they won't ever become so stupid. [VR-1988]
looks like they owe the kid some royalties...
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
That's what I get for actually trying to RTFA, I guess.
.... still have feet after shooting themselves in the foot so often.
This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
Dumping PS3 in favour of 360 because you think Sony's evil is kind of similar to dumping Saruman in favour of Sauron.
Personally, I'm rather taken with that nifty new controller they're putting on the Revolution...
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
1st4: "We have this super code which stops 'teh kiddies' from copying"
Sony: "Cool, lets see."
1st4: "Its already on, go ahead try and copy it"
Sony: "Oooooooh, and they won't find it will they?"
1st4: "Never. We are teh elite blackhats."
Sony: "Ok be quiet about that one, when you you be ready to ship?"
liqbase
I think the EFF should dream up a contest, and the most crazily ironic story involving DRM, copyright, and the law would win a prize.
Oh, too late! Sony already wrote the best story, and it's actually happening before our eyes! Truth is stranger than fiction. And Sony wins many massive lawsuits. Err, I mean they lose them, the prize is they get sued.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
Sony.....
Microsoft
Man- this is a tough one.
DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit? "The ironing is delicious".
Not that I could not before, but I can now copy and download all the Sony CDs I want without fearing a lawsuit. They apparently don't care about intellectual property.
God, root, what is difference ?
So he could sue them for loss of income in beer terms?
"Your honor, the actions of the defendant cost my client over 31,423 kegs, 3 cases, 2 20 oz cans, and 1.3 12 oz cans of lost beer. We are requesting monetary compensation of $1,000,000 in order that my client can recreate that stash. We have not asked for damages regarding lost time as we feel that, had my client actually had the aforementioned amount of beer, he likely would have done less work in the interim, not more."
Seems to me that Sony hired some blackhats to get the job done for them.
You misspelled "asshats". Hope this helps.
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This is like watching a comedy movie, except I didn't have to pay for a ticket!
(wait, does it mean MPAA will come after me?)
Circumcision is child abuse.
press releases here stating:
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* First4internet loses Sony BGM as customer
* First4internet cancels XCP development
* Due to First4Internet's huge liability claims, First4Internet closes its doors
* First4Internet bought by Microsoft
* Profit ?
I assume that some grey, suited MBA type didn't put this code in. A geek did. Following on from that, they are almost certainly slashdot readers....
Does anyone have something they would like to tell us?
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I wonder if it's the same code they used in their digital camera rootkit.
... one must first understand recursion.
Sony uses rootkit to enforce DRM which incorporates code to circumflect DRM and thus can sue itself under the DMCA. C'mon! If this gets any more convoluted or self-referential, either the universe will explode (and be replaced with something even more complicated) or Sony will disappear in a puff of logic.
When some cheapskate downloads copyrighted MP3s from a P2P network, it's `copyright infringement', but when Sony uses GPL'd code it's `stealing', right?
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SCO Unix source code found in Sony Rootkit. I wish.
I have been good for most of this year and I am willing to give up any claim I might have on a scalextric or video game if you could only make this /. story be true.
Yours,
Dave Smith
(Aged 34)
Right you lot. I've done my part now it is down to you to ask for enough money to prosecute this imbeciles so that they don't do anything quite so stupid again.
Dear Mister Language Person: What is the purpose of the apostrophe?
Answer: The apostrophe is used mainly in hand-lettered small business signs to alert the reader than an "S" is coming up at the end of a word, as in: WE DO NOT EXCEPT PERSONAL CHECK'S, or: NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ITEM'S. Another important grammar concept to bear in mind when creating hand- lettered small-business signs is that you should put quotation marks around random words for decoration, as in "TRY" OUR HOT DOG'S, or even TRY "OUR" HOT DOG'S.
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My god, at this rate SCO code will be found next
Stop invalid scientific research. Ask your local scientists to feed their lab rats with a phytoestrogen-free chow.
It was Bush, wasn't it? I mean, he lied about the Windows Media Discs, didn't he? Or something?
rewriting history since 2109
"Who is more evil now? Sony or Microsoft?"
Microsoft installed more rootkits: Windows XP.
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
Copyright infringement IS theft.
If you have no right to make a copy and yet made one anyway, you stole that copy.
In the case of GPL or LGPL'd code, you have no right to make a copy if you don't follow the terms of the license.
- Michael T. Babcock (Yes, I blog)
According to this they're already looking into it
-- "At Microsoft, quality is job 1.1" -- PC Magazine, Nov. 1994
Plus the factoids coming out that this rootkit may have possibly been distributed by Sony for over a year now.
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If you are alleging that Sony knew that the malware contained LGPL code since 1994, please provide a source.
Not trying to nitpick or anything here, but you should check a calendar.
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What will you bet that stiffer penalties only apply to you and me. Corp-Rat entities will never see the stiff end of the stick.