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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.'"
...for the lawyers.
The consumers ( you remember, the people these laws are supposed to protect ), on the otherhand, will likely see loose change for their troubles.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
Sony could do things the "French" way and just surrender before the fighting begins..
Nothing to see here but Steers & Queers Rootkits
Don't anthropomorphize computers: they hate that.
Well you got what you asked for didn't you, troll?
I'm glad you stayed in the closet because wherever you live now has infected you with BS and you are now spewing it from your mouth. *rolleyes*
Congratulations, you are a douche. What purpose does your comment serve, other than to seem holier than thou to the poster above you?
Who gives a good god damn if he broke the DMCA, its a shitty law and as such we are required to disobey it on moral grounds. Peons such as yourself that blindly follow orders and never question authority are going to strip away what little civil rights we have left. Go ahead and make your smarmy comments, but you are a blight on this land.
It's a hand twinkler, you dumbass! And I got a bag of whoopass for you!
I would opt for vaginal asphyxiation.
Bush then went on to say, "We need to eradicate the evildoers at Sony BMW. Those terrorists have software weapons of mass destruction, and we can't misunderestimate the, uh... the, uh... lethal and almost deadly potentiality of these devices. It's like a nucular time bomb waiting to blow up. A-heh heh heh. A-heh heh heh."
The image is a dream, the beauty is real. Can you see the difference?
"OT: Next time your tongue itches to say something stupid about the French, remind yourself why the Statue of Liberty is in New York, again."
Fair enough.
Although the fact that their country still exists because of The US doesn't seem to slow the French down.
So the question is why to you feel the need to stick up for the French?
Oh right, they can't fight for themselves (ZING!).
How pathetic are you that you follow me from topic to topic and waste all your mod points at once modding me down?