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Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit
Mr. Sketch writes "According to Yahoo!, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott 'filed a civil lawsuit on Monday against Sony BMG Music Entertainment for including "spyware" software on its media player designed to thwart music copying. [...] Texas is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 per violation of the state's Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, which was enacted earlier this year. "Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers," Abbott said in a statement.'"
With all this noise being made about Sony's "DRM software", hopefully the general acceptance of DRM will be set back.
In Soviet Russia, Texas shouldn't mess with you.
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Disclaimer: I'm not attempting to argue in favor of the Iraqi war, only to expose the holes in the parents post. I'm so tired of seeing this type of anti-American, and anti-Euro posting...last time I looked, we were allies. If we could focus on the issues rather than attacking each other, maybe we could actually get something productive accomplished.
Your world view is entirely moronic. One or two businessmen in one or two countries may have felt that way, but not "Europe opposed because...". We don't have the fascist government/corporation linking that rules US politics; our leaders aren't tied to these businessmen.
This comment is so naive that it warrents no further response. Do you truly believe that nonsense? I'd expect that kind of lunacy from a fifteen year old.
Most of us opposed it because it was based on lies and done entirely for profit. Go check my posting history on any political topic if you don't believe me
Nobody cares about your personal history/opinion...get over it. Yes, I argued against it at the time, due to the lack of evidence shown to support it, but held hopes (as many did) that there was classified info that they couldn't share with the public. Many have argued about an "intelligence failure"...personally, I blame congress for the lack of oversight, and budget slashing of the intel community after the cold war.
Speaking of which, 9/11 was the US's only taste of conflict on your homeland. How did it feel? Did you like it?
A bit of Schadenfreude? Guess it depends on how far back you want to look at our history (you went back to WWII, so obviously Pearl Harbor comes to mind), but there have been plenty of attacks on U.S. soil. Obviously we loved it, and did it for the oil, so we could pay double what we used to at the pumps...sheesh. I'm not in any way saying that going to war was the right decision...I argued with my own father about it before the invasion.
Oh yes, that's war. Europe on the other hand KNOWS war; we've seen enough of it. I just have to look out of my lounge window to see the impact of WW2; new out-of-place buildings, bunkers etc, they are all there.
Having spent six years of my life living in, and helping to defend Europe, I find this a typical response from the younger generation of Euros that truly *don't* know war, and make smartass all encompassing statements about fat cowboy Americans...just like this one (yes, I'm being sarcastic). You make it sound like the U.S. just sat back and watched WWII...shame on you. Maybe you should take a closer look at some of the graveyards littered with American bodies around Europe. Why would you attempt to make any linkage between WWII and the Iraqi war, except maybe in an attempt to bolster your image as an authority?
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