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President of RIAA Says Sony-BMG Did Nothing Wrong
Zellis writes "In a press conference held on Nov 18 Cary Sherman, the president of the RIAA, stated in reference to Sony BMG's "rootkit" software that "there is nothing unusual about technology being used to protect intellectual property." According to Sherman, the problem with Sony BMG's XCP DRM software was simply that "the technology they used contained a security vulnerability of which they were unaware". He goes on to praise Sony's "responsible" attitude in handling the problem, saying "how many times that software applications created the same problem? Lots. I wonder whether they've taken as aggressive steps as SonyBMG has when those vulnerabilities were discovered, or did they just post a patch on the Internet?" It seems that the latest spin is to portray the Sony rootkit as no more of an issue than a software coding error that unintentionally creates a security hole. Will they get away with it among the non-technical public?" Arguably, Sherman is right -- but I enjoy much more the fact that this whole r00tkit fiasco has set DRM back by years. Gogogo poor implementations!
The comparison is apt and honest. I can't count how many times regular application software has done this to me. For example, the time I put Outkast's Speakerbox CD into my drive, and I found a buggy version of Firefox had installed and masqueraded as a system DLL. Or the time I was listening to William 0rbit's Strange Cargo, all the while the CD was secretly installing an unpatched IIS server and updating the kernel to keep the install from showing. Boy, that sucks every time. :(
Clearly the analogy as apt, and we need a more progresive, less bigoted view: Just because it's a shrouded rootkit doesn't mean it's a security hazard.
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This post 0wn3d by sOny - Greets go out to Mitsubishi, Toyota... thanks to Toshiba for t3h maths. Secret message to Cary of RIAA: LOL can't believe u said it, now I owe you $5
By attempting to take over computers with their rootkit, the anti-American, Fascist Sony leadership has committed electronic terrorism against the United States! Therefore, all members of their organization (Al-RIAA) should go directly to Guantanamo Bay, do not pass court, do not collect any more royalties!
(Okay, so I'm only half-serious -- but hey! It could happen, given that we've done it to others for less!)
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No, no, no -- what they were unaware of was that people would be able to detect the rootkit!
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Yeah! See how easy it is when you're given the step-by-step procedure? I don't know what's wrong with these people.
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