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Sony Fixes Problems With New DVDs
An anonymous reader writes "Following up on reports that DVDs for some Sony titles were causing problems, Video Business is reporting that Sony has fixed the copy-protection problem on recent DVD releases, and will provide replacement discs to customers. The problem was with the ARccOS DRM system. The company issued the following statement: 'Recently, an update that was installed on approximately 20 titles was found to cause an incompatibility issue with a very small number of DVD players (Sony has received complaints on less than one thousandth of one percent of affected discs shipped)... Since then, the ARccOS system has once again been updated, and there are no longer any playability problems.' Customers can call 800-860-2878 to inquire about replacement discs."
For not much more than you'd spend on an Ixus, you could get a Powershot with vastly more powerful features. I got a Powershot G7 and am very happy with it. I thought the Ixus line was targeting people who need cameras that are fashion accessories and which complement clothing. If your needs are travel photography or just taking family photos around the house, Powershots are better economy.
But anyway, turning this somewhat on topic: even choosing a Canon camera involves supporting a not entirely blameless company. Remember, Canon is a company whose RAW format is proprietary and undocumented, and offering a third-party way to open it may be treading into dangerous legal waters. It's better than Sony, sure, but it seems like corporations have sunk to such lows that all shopping these days is choosing the lesser of evils.
As an off topic aside, you spelled "Gandhi" wrong in your sig :P
Not really. Sony was acting autonomously here. One problem with the UN is when they pass treaties by democratic standards (negotiation then voting), larger countries who don't like it fail to ratify it (pass it into their country's law). In other words, its a bully problem. We won't even get into the hypocrisy of the Security Council.
The UN's useful function is to make it clear to other countries when one country is behaving badly; just like in a schoolyard, it is difficult to constarin a bully.