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Canadian Sony Rootkit Settlement Stirs Controversy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the neighbors-to-the-north-getting-less-love dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canadian law professor Michael Geist is reporting that Sony BMG Canada has quietly kept a key legal document secret as part of its class action settlement over last year's rootkit case. The document, which is not on the Sony settlement site but has now been posted on Geist's site (pdf), contains a series of bogus arguments about why Canadians are receiving far less than U.S. consumers."

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  1. Thanks for the root Sony by HatchedEggs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It was nice of them to throw that on their discs in some shabby attempt at DRM. I remember when I first found it installed on my computer. Needless to say, you're not going to find me purchasing anything else that contains a DRM anything akin to that.

    Customers need to stand up and show media organizations that ther are limits to what we are willing to deal with.

    --
    Justin - Don't be afraid of my blog, it won't bite.
  2. Exibit C *NOT* Missing from Sony settlement site by apnielsen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's labeled Exhibit C to Settlement Agreement

  3. Re:Proud to be a fart by rkcallaghan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just 'cause the average person doesn't bother to protect rights X,Y, and Z doesn't require that I surrender them.

    It does if you live in the United States. If you don't think this is true, there's some men in Guantanamo Bay that would like their speedy trial.

    ~Rebecca