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Rick Rubin Discloses Sony Rootkit Called Home
caffeinemessiah writes "Rick Rubin, the legendary music producer, recently signed on as co-head of Columbia Records, which is owned by Sony BMG. In a recent New York Times interview (on pg. 4 of the online version), he discloses, possibly accidentally: 'It was the highest debut of Neil [Diamond]'s career, off to a great start. But Columbia — it was some kind of corporate thing — had put spyware on the CD. That kept people from copying it, but it also somehow recorded information about whoever bought the record...' Seems like the rootkit might have been a little more than your vanilla invade-your-rights-DRM scheme."
Rude much? When I first read the title I thought it was about a new rootkit called "Home", not that the old rootkit reported back to Sony. Title Case Doesn't Help. Neither does using the ambiguous word "called".
Did you get a free PS3 for that? Let me try!
I love Sony! They make the best video games and have for generations! Blu-Ray is clearly superior to HD-DVD in every way. I hated rumble anyway. HDCP is the way of the future. $599 is perfectly reasonable for what all you get.
(If it's all the same, can I have the cash instead? I'd like to buy a Wii if I can find one.)
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
...and I'm not the only person who thinks so, either