This means the cable modems they're using have obviously sunk in quality. I have a Motorola SB5100, and it registers my router's MAC Address just fine. These things should be handled by the low-level firmware found in most cable modems (typically a custom VxWorks kernel)
As an Ubuntu user on Comcast, the assumption the modem is junk is totaly wrong. (except the RCA modem)
The software is simply a Windows Computer setup disk. It is not needed whatsoever to use Comcast. An online search will provide all the router settings needed including DNS to set up your PC and router. From there it's plug and go. If you have an extended network outage where the modem gets a new DHCP lease, the default page tells (Nags badly) telling you to run the setup CD. This is not required. Simply reboot the PC or router to get a new DHCP lease from Comcast and you are back in business.
Comcast doesn't hate Mac or Firefox. They just cater to the MS Monopoly to make it simple for them. Ignore the Windows IE software and configure it yourself. It works fine if you don't need your hand held to get a DHCP lease and DNS addresses.
The problem with either of those options is if they get out in the wild. How many people have access to those tools and how is their deployment managed?
Are we looking too hard? What about a simple exploit.. I just read the PDF. Everyting they said they did could be done by a simple email containing a link to a webserver. Opening the email loads the webpage.. The FBI hosts the webpage. Think about the information avaliable to the website.. OS, email, browser, MAC address, IP address... No special software needed and works on any modern email client that will open a HTML email and load a webpage.
Read a newspaper in the last few years? Oversight is pretty much non-existent anymore.
Yes. It's a secure way to pass encryption keys.
Tomorrows keys are based on C1;12;3 B3;2;14 A4;23;9
You get to guess what newspaper & edition... Section;article;word The above keys would be sent in todays encrypted message. If you decrypted todays message, the key hints would be meaningless to anyone without knowledge. Another way to send a key is simply 2.347;36,15 Hint, Dewey Decimel system...
Number one in covert ops is based on need to know. Nobody not cleard for the ops project doesn't need to know. The fewer who know the better. There is less chance of a security breach and provides the rest of the department deniability.
This includes anyone outside the agency. Installing spyware would include modified signature files and executable for the scanner. The scanner provider does not have a need to know. Building a look-alike security scanner that pretends to scan the system isn't that hard to replicate and may be undetected enough to compromise the encryption password to enforcement.
Sure, this is more difficult on a laptop since it would have to be opened, but it would also be even more discreet. I'm not aware of any products on the market for laptops, but I'm sure LE could commission one to be made, if necessary.
The trouble is, it's already breaking the law to do that (DMCA),
Unfortunately they are locking 2 laws against each other.. One is the copyright laws, but they tend to be trumped many times by the laws of economics. As an example.. CD's have pretty much started to adopt copy protection. The music sellers seem to think the only thing a CD should be played on is a CD player. Those with iPods and such have problems with copy protection. The result is less CD's are purchased.
DVD's face the same problem. Between Video iPods, the Zen Video, and the Kalidascope video media center, broken DVD's are a problem. Fewer of them sell.
SONY recently got a balck eye for both the XCP copy protection and root kit and got burned with copy protected DVD's. You can say don't copy to your device all you want. The response is "If it doesn't work, I won't buy it!". I think the high prices and the extra copy protection on HD DVD's of both flavors will keep them as a novelty item for some time much like the DAT, SACD and other DRM experiments that never made wide acceptance.
The article mentions that advertisers are moving from tech news advertising to search keyword advertising.
I've said it all along; "don't pollute the page with in your face cover the article advertisig" The flashing blinking text covering beeping roaring advertisements are the reason I pulled Flash out of one system by the roots. Now flashblock tames down intrusive advertising. When reading an article on an RIAA court case, I have no intrest in the new Dodge Pickup. It's a wasted advertisement.
When I am shopping for a product, be there in the yellow pages, the search engine (revelant results only) and other proper locations. If I want your product, I'll find you.
Just tonight I was searching for alarm monitoring. I was able to compare prices (varied widely) features (varied widely) and was able to narrow my search for the type of monitoring I needed (online latchkey monitoring by user + pages of events to my pager).
A banner ad for some cheezy X10 cam as a security solution just doesn't cut it anymore.
The downside is the online publications take a hit. Bummer.
In my case, it arises from wanting to have my media (music, movies, TV shows, whatever) work on open source software, and without stupid restrictions. Note how people who actually buy DVDs are FORCED (yes, FORCED -- they tend to disable the fastforward/skip features) to watch anti-piracy bullshit, while the actual pirates that it's targeted at can either skip over or slice out the parts they don't like?
Try a DVD player which is not approved by the DVD consortium such as Totem Media Player with the DVD Lib installed. It's a DVD player that does what all DVD players should do out of the box... Play the DVD. If I want the extras and menu, I can go to them later, but putting in a movie plays the movie.. What a concept. It's the biggest reason I use AcidRip. I put the DVD's in a box where they won't get lost, scratched, broken, mis-filed, etc. Movies are now click to play on the media center.
The Internet Explorer is corporate choice. Although I have local admin account, the "remove firefox" script runs daily. There's not much workaround it, most of corporate intranets do not work with anything but Internet Explorer - mostly because authentication issues.
Save intranet stuff for work. Try booting a live Linux Distro for breaktime. It works here without admin privilages. Set it to autoproxy and surf away. Naturaly nothing requiring a intranet login works, but hey, it's breaktime.
What I found amusing is Vista finaly passed Windows 2000 Professional and Mac OS. The overall Windows share is shrinking which is mostly picked up by Mac OS.
I hope they keep the site updated. The last datapoint is May 2007.
Vista actually has a full-drive encryption mechanism, called 'BitLocker'. If it's enabled
Provided you have the right version of Vista...
http://www.pctechbytes.com/computer/article-4.html While this is currently limited to high-end user version of Vista, It shows that Microsoft is getting serious about implementing a strategy to keep personal data safe.
Do your browsing on a QEMU image kept in the truecrypt volume. No traces.
For truly paranoid browsing, boot a live Linux distro while visiting a local hotel, library, or other public hotspot. It may take a while to get booted up and wireless configured, but upon a sudden power failure (Battery ejected) there are no traces of the session on the machine encrypted or otherwise.
Even before CDs started having DRM issues, a lot of CDs didn't have the logo, or if they did, it was inside the case. Generally speaking, the more elaborate the album art is, the less likely you are to find the CD logo on it.
Very true. However when the DRM copy protection stuff started, I knew the pot was posioned. For a long time I looked for the logo. As it got worse, I finaly stopped going into record shops altogether. Nobody would stand up and say "This is a quality CD because it meets these technical standards"... Which is what sold the first CD's. Remember the ADD and DDD CD's? Most of those also had the Compact Disc logo. It's all gone now. Compressed to sound loud, destroyed dynamic range and S/N ratio and very much not price competitive against the new items to spend entertainment dollars on.
While your point is valid - entertainment dollars are split more ways today than ever, I must disagree with some of you specific examples:
2. Valid when talking about the steady decline of movie goers, but since you are talking about music, I think this likely is a money savings; seeing movies cost people per viewing 30 years ago.
4. On average gasoline prices have not kept pace with inflation
6. Really just a new version of the record player.
8. Film cameras cost more in the long run
11. Might be new to you, but not new to society
I grew up in the country. These items are not generalizations. These are specific to me.
2) I got to see an in theatre move about twice a year which is about the same as now. Nothing has changed except I also buy a stack of DVD's since what's on over the air TV is crap.
4) True, but I lived walking distance from work. Now I have a 30 mile commute each way.
6) Instead of 1 record player in the living room shared by the family, we need several with each at about the same price of a record player. In addition we have a couple tape decks, a linear track turntable, and nice sound systems for the cars. It's no longer an AM radio and a record player for the family.
8) Instead of a 8 shot poloroid, a 12 shot point and shoot with roll film, or a 24 or 36 exposure roll for the 35mm, we shoot everything, delete the duds, make prints and send them to friends. Overall the number of prints made remain about the same.
11) Used to drive beaters while single, male, under 25, 30, 35 etc. when reliable transportation wasn't a requirement. My first car cost $600. Insurance about killed me till I paid it off and dropped finance company reqirements for full coverage. Single, Male, Under 20, and out of state is a killer combo to buy full coverage insurance in the 70's. I stuck to beaters for a long time so they didn't need financed and full coverage. A replacement car was cheaper than a year's full coverage insurance.
I'm married now and don't suffer single male status anymore. I can afford full coverage on a nicer car. So I bought a Prius, the first car I spent over $5,000 to purchase. Car payments do cut into the entertainment budget.
Competition from online sales is not a piracy issue you cretin.
Absolutely true. The prices for music has continued to skyrocket in spite of competition for the entertainment dollar.
I graduated HS in 1975. I bought a few records, but very few because they were expensive. There are many things to spend entertainment dollars on now besides a few records (CD's now) that didn't exist then. I do spend my money on these items instead of CD's.
1 Internet access 2 DVD's Sometimes 4 for $20! 3 Games, Game PC's & Upgrades E6700 Core 2 Duo Woo Hoo 4 High priced gas from 50 cents to 3 dollars 5 Day admission to State and Fedral Parks Now $5/day was free 6 MP3 player No longer stuck with radio station commercials all day 7 Camcorder 8 Digital Camera 9 Photo printer 10 GPS and associated Maps 11 Nice car
Somehow the music industry thinks their slice of my entertainment dollar won't shrink if they raise prices to cover lower sales volume? They added DRM & copy protection to make the product more valuable to me so I'll run right out and buy a copy?? Yea Right!! DRM and copy protection reduces the value of their product. If I can't load it on my media server to put on my MP3 player or stream in the house, I can't use their version of the CD. I look elsewhere. DRM increases piracy as the legit product doesn't work.
The only movie I have ever downloaded on P-P is Open Season. That was until I found I could call them and get a replacement DVD for my defective by design one. The extra copy protection is why I went elsewhere to load it on the media server for the kids.
I was in Wal-Mart a few weeks ago. Just for grins I looked for Phantom of the Opera. I have heard many dirivative works including MIDI files and Karaoke files and decided to check it out. The CD for just the music in the US is over $30.. What are they smoking? http://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Opera-Original-1986- London/dp/B00004YTY2 List price 37.98 In a nutshell, I bought Fiddler on the Roof DVD and Sound of Music DVD and Sister Act DVD instead with about the same money.
Some pointy haired bosses don't yet understand software you don't buy. If you didn't buy it, it's either spyware, malware, or pirated.
Reading the GPL lets them know there is another variety of software. Free software. It doesn't come with a per seat license. It doesn't come with an expensive price tag. PHB's sometimes understand this. Running the software isn't going to trigger a sucessful BSA audit from a disgruntled employee.
Those that actually know about the rootkits will know that Sony is at fault.
The sad thing is they are still committed to copy protection. Even after all the stuff on CD's, they continued into DVD's. They went so far as to keep their head down.
If you have one of these DVD's call them right away. Consumers who have purchased one of the 20 faulty Sony DVD movie titles can call Sony Pictures Home Entertainment at 1-800-860-2878 and request a replacement DVD. Sony says it has corrected the problem with ARccOS copy protection.
I wonder what they mean by corrected the probelem with ARccOS copy protection?
Which, given my total lack of interest in games for it, is probably a $200 loss for them.
So they recouped what $500 of their manufacturing cost? How much would they have been out if nobody bought it and it wound up crushed? or sold for $100 less, or $200 less, or $300 less.
Did you buy it before they dropped the price? If not it looks like you gave them an extra $100 that they wouldn't have gotten.
I say let them including the Blu-Ray players rot on the shelf.
I am committed to not buying consumer unfriendly products.
With the SONY rootkit I was pretty much immune simply because I don't buy CD's without the Compact Disk logo signifying complyance to standards. Needless to say, the SONY DRM CD's don't have the logo.
I did get burned by them when I bought a DVD. Sony is not listed on the front cover. On the front cover in the lower right corner is the DVD VIDEO logo. I got Open Season by Columbia Pictures and on the back in small print in the bottom right hand corner SONY Pictures Home Entertainment. Sony is in about an 8 point font and Home Entertainment is in about a 3 point font. Acidrip wouldn't touch it. (I use a media server. It eliminates missing, scratched, broken, and dirty DVD's with the kids.) Online I found I now have to be as carefull with DVD's as I was CD's.
The moment I found the number to call when they had replacements, I gave them a ring. They replaced it, but the damage is already done. The logo is small, it is now on my list of bad boys.
Is there a logo on DVD's to identify DVD's that work? The poisoning of the pot with DRM is bad for all manufactures. The Compact Disk logo is missing from almost all retail CD's nowdays. It's to the point, I don't bother with retail CD displays anymore. DVD's look to be the next as they try to push High Def just like SACD replaced regular CD's as a mainstream product. (Captain obvious.. It's sarcasm)
Public realizes cure worse than the disease = -5,000 pts. Sony recalls discs = +10,000 pts. Sony releases BluRay and PS3 = 0 pts. Sony sues DRM Manufacturer = + 1pts.
I can't help but think that this a move to slyly demonize FOSS by scaring businesses into thinking they don't know what's on their PCs."
2) It can be used to "root out" those 'evil' open source applications [bad].
This is actualy good. First they fear it. Then they learn about GPL and LGPL. Publicity about GPL is a good thing. Then they compare that with any other EULA. At that point, they start noting much of their free to obtain free software has EULA's. Quick, is it easer to track GPL for 20 applications or pass the EULA for 20 applications to the legal department for review? After review, which do you think will remain?
In the Windows world, they may find they have Quicktime with iTunes, Acrobat Reader, MusicMatch, Easy CD Creator, AOL installer, and any number of downloaded and bundled applications all with EULA's, most of which do not permit the things the GPL software permits.
I've gotten to the point where if a software package requires an EULA besides one of the BSD or GPL ones, I'm very reluctant to continue. This is a good thing.
but most of the larger ones will probably continue to do so because it's easier.
For some another issue is surviving a BSA audit. No contract, disgruntled employees or ex-employees or union organizers,.. anybody.. With a plan, you get blanket coverage and the threat of a BSA audit seems to go away. You may be in complyance, but the potential shutdown and finding records for each package of software installed with recipts is expensive even if you are legal.
A smaller shop with just a few machines can survive an audit if the records are in order.
An audit for a corporation would be extremely disruptive to daily operations.
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This means the cable modems they're using have obviously sunk in quality. I have a Motorola SB5100, and it registers my router's MAC Address just fine. These things should be handled by the low-level firmware found in most cable modems (typically a custom VxWorks kernel)
As an Ubuntu user on Comcast, the assumption the modem is junk is totaly wrong. (except the RCA modem)
The software is simply a Windows Computer setup disk. It is not needed whatsoever to use Comcast. An online search will provide all the router settings needed including DNS to set up your PC and router. From there it's plug and go. If you have an extended network outage where the modem gets a new DHCP lease, the default page tells (Nags badly) telling you to run the setup CD. This is not required. Simply reboot the PC or router to get a new DHCP lease from Comcast and you are back in business.
Comcast doesn't hate Mac or Firefox. They just cater to the MS Monopoly to make it simple for them. Ignore the Windows IE software and configure it yourself. It works fine if you don't need your hand held to get a DHCP lease and DNS addresses.
The problem with either of those options is if they get out in the wild. How many people have access to those tools and how is their deployment managed?
Are we looking too hard? What about a simple exploit.. I just read the PDF. Everyting they said they did could be done by a simple email containing a link to a webserver. Opening the email loads the webpage.. The FBI hosts the webpage. Think about the information avaliable to the website.. OS, email, browser, MAC address, IP address... No special software needed and works on any modern email client that will open a HTML email and load a webpage.
Read a newspaper in the last few years? Oversight is pretty much non-existent anymore.
Yes. It's a secure way to pass encryption keys.
Tomorrows keys are based on C1;12;3 B3;2;14 A4;23;9
You get to guess what newspaper & edition... Section;article;word The above keys would be sent in todays encrypted message. If you decrypted todays message, the key hints would be meaningless to anyone without knowledge. Another way to send a key is simply 2.347;36,15 Hint, Dewey Decimel system...
Number one in covert ops is based on need to know. Nobody not cleard for the ops project doesn't need to know. The fewer who know the better. There is less chance of a security breach and provides the rest of the department deniability.
This includes anyone outside the agency. Installing spyware would include modified signature files and executable for the scanner. The scanner provider does not have a need to know. Building a look-alike security scanner that pretends to scan the system isn't that hard to replicate and may be undetected enough to compromise the encryption password to enforcement.
Sure, this is more difficult on a laptop since it would have to be opened, but it would also be even more discreet. I'm not aware of any products on the market for laptops, but I'm sure LE could commission one to be made, if necessary.
Laptop keyloggers exist now. Buy one here.
http://www.keyghost.com/PCI-MPCI-Keylogger.htm
The trouble is, it's already breaking the law to do that (DMCA),
Unfortunately they are locking 2 laws against each other.. One is the copyright laws, but they tend to be trumped many times by the laws of economics. As an example.. CD's have pretty much started to adopt copy protection. The music sellers seem to think the only thing a CD should be played on is a CD player. Those with iPods and such have problems with copy protection. The result is less CD's are purchased.
DVD's face the same problem. Between Video iPods, the Zen Video, and the Kalidascope video media center, broken DVD's are a problem. Fewer of them sell.
SONY recently got a balck eye for both the XCP copy protection and root kit and got burned with copy protected DVD's. You can say don't copy to your device all you want. The response is "If it doesn't work, I won't buy it!". I think the high prices and the extra copy protection on HD DVD's of both flavors will keep them as a novelty item for some time much like the DAT, SACD and other DRM experiments that never made wide acceptance.
The article mentions that advertisers are moving from tech news advertising to search keyword advertising.
I've said it all along; "don't pollute the page with in your face cover the article advertisig" The flashing blinking text covering beeping roaring advertisements are the reason I pulled Flash out of one system by the roots. Now flashblock tames down intrusive advertising. When reading an article on an RIAA court case, I have no intrest in the new Dodge Pickup. It's a wasted advertisement.
When I am shopping for a product, be there in the yellow pages, the search engine (revelant results only) and other proper locations. If I want your product, I'll find you.
Just tonight I was searching for alarm monitoring. I was able to compare prices (varied widely) features (varied widely) and was able to narrow my search for the type of monitoring I needed (online latchkey monitoring by user + pages of events to my pager).
A banner ad for some cheezy X10 cam as a security solution just doesn't cut it anymore.
The downside is the online publications take a hit. Bummer.
In my case, it arises from wanting to have my media (music, movies, TV shows, whatever) work on open source software, and without stupid restrictions. Note how people who actually buy DVDs are FORCED (yes, FORCED -- they tend to disable the fastforward/skip features) to watch anti-piracy bullshit, while the actual pirates that it's targeted at can either skip over or slice out the parts they don't like?
Try a DVD player which is not approved by the DVD consortium such as Totem Media Player with the DVD Lib installed. It's a DVD player that does what all DVD players should do out of the box... Play the DVD. If I want the extras and menu, I can go to them later, but putting in a movie plays the movie.. What a concept. It's the biggest reason I use AcidRip. I put the DVD's in a box where they won't get lost, scratched, broken, mis-filed, etc. Movies are now click to play on the media center.
The Internet Explorer is corporate choice. Although I have local admin account, the "remove firefox" script runs daily. There's not much workaround it, most of corporate intranets do not work with anything but Internet Explorer - mostly because authentication issues.
Save intranet stuff for work. Try booting a live Linux Distro for breaktime. It works here without admin privilages. Set it to autoproxy and surf away. Naturaly nothing requiring a intranet login works, but hey, it's breaktime.
Thanks for the link. From there I went a step further and checked the OS reported.
q uipment/operating-systems-may-2007/index-1-2-7-100 .html
http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/internet-users-e
What I found amusing is Vista finaly passed Windows 2000 Professional and Mac OS. The overall Windows share is shrinking which is mostly picked up by Mac OS.
I hope they keep the site updated. The last datapoint is May 2007.
I want to request a mac address from my access point. Anyone want to post a HOW-TO?
1 Turn the AP upside down
2 Read the MAC address off the sticker
You are welcome. I'll be here all week.
Vista actually has a full-drive encryption mechanism, called 'BitLocker'. If it's enabled
l
Provided you have the right version of Vista...
http://www.pctechbytes.com/computer/article-4.htm
While this is currently limited to high-end user version of Vista, It shows that Microsoft is getting serious about implementing a strategy to keep personal data safe.
Do your browsing on a QEMU image kept in the truecrypt volume. No traces.
For truly paranoid browsing, boot a live Linux distro while visiting a local hotel, library, or other public hotspot. It may take a while to get booted up and wireless configured, but upon a sudden power failure (Battery ejected) there are no traces of the session on the machine encrypted or otherwise.
Even before CDs started having DRM issues, a lot of CDs didn't have the logo, or if they did, it was inside the case. Generally speaking, the more elaborate the album art is, the less likely you are to find the CD logo on it.
Very true. However when the DRM copy protection stuff started, I knew the pot was posioned. For a long time I looked for the logo. As it got worse, I finaly stopped going into record shops altogether. Nobody would stand up and say "This is a quality CD because it meets these technical standards"... Which is what sold the first CD's. Remember the ADD and DDD CD's? Most of those also had the Compact Disc logo. It's all gone now. Compressed to sound loud, destroyed dynamic range and S/N ratio and very much not price competitive against the new items to spend entertainment dollars on.
While your point is valid - entertainment dollars are split more ways today than ever, I must disagree with some of you specific examples:
2. Valid when talking about the steady decline of movie goers, but since you are talking about music, I think this likely is a money savings; seeing movies cost people per viewing 30 years ago.
4. On average gasoline prices have not kept pace with inflation
6. Really just a new version of the record player.
8. Film cameras cost more in the long run
11. Might be new to you, but not new to society
I grew up in the country. These items are not generalizations. These are specific to me.
2) I got to see an in theatre move about twice a year which is about the same as now. Nothing has changed except I also buy a stack of DVD's since what's on over the air TV is crap.
4) True, but I lived walking distance from work. Now I have a 30 mile commute each way.
6) Instead of 1 record player in the living room shared by the family, we need several with each at about the same price of a record player. In addition we have a couple tape decks, a linear track turntable, and nice sound systems for the cars. It's no longer an AM radio and a record player for the family.
8) Instead of a 8 shot poloroid, a 12 shot point and shoot with roll film, or a 24 or 36 exposure roll for the 35mm, we shoot everything, delete the duds, make prints and send them to friends. Overall the number of prints made remain about the same.
11) Used to drive beaters while single, male, under 25, 30, 35 etc. when reliable transportation wasn't a requirement. My first car cost $600. Insurance about killed me till I paid it off and dropped finance company reqirements for full coverage. Single, Male, Under 20, and out of state is a killer combo to buy full coverage insurance in the 70's. I stuck to beaters for a long time so they didn't need financed and full coverage. A replacement car was cheaper than a year's full coverage insurance.
I'm married now and don't suffer single male status anymore. I can afford full coverage on a nicer car. So I bought a Prius, the first car I spent over $5,000 to purchase. Car payments do cut into the entertainment budget.
Competition from online sales is not a piracy issue you cretin.
- London/dp/B00004YTY2
Absolutely true. The prices for music has continued to skyrocket in spite of competition for the entertainment dollar.
I graduated HS in 1975. I bought a few records, but very few because they were expensive. There are many things
to spend entertainment dollars on now besides a few records (CD's now) that didn't exist then. I do spend my money on these items instead of CD's.
1 Internet access
2 DVD's Sometimes 4 for $20!
3 Games, Game PC's & Upgrades E6700 Core 2 Duo Woo Hoo
4 High priced gas from 50 cents to 3 dollars
5 Day admission to State and Fedral Parks Now $5/day was free
6 MP3 player No longer stuck with radio station commercials all day
7 Camcorder
8 Digital Camera
9 Photo printer
10 GPS and associated Maps
11 Nice car
Somehow the music industry thinks their slice of my entertainment dollar won't shrink if they raise prices to cover lower sales volume? They added DRM & copy protection to make the product more valuable to me so I'll run
right out and buy a copy?? Yea Right!! DRM and copy protection reduces the value of their product. If I can't
load it on my media server to put on my MP3 player or stream in the house, I can't use their version of the CD. I look elsewhere. DRM increases piracy as the legit product doesn't work.
The only movie I have ever downloaded on P-P is Open Season. That was until I found I could call them and get a replacement DVD for my defective by design one. The extra copy protection is why I went elsewhere to load it on
the media server for the kids.
I was in Wal-Mart a few weeks ago. Just for grins I looked for Phantom of the Opera. I have heard many dirivative works including MIDI files and Karaoke files and decided to check it out. The CD for just the music in the US is over $30.. What are they smoking?
http://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Opera-Original-1986
List price 37.98
In a nutshell, I bought Fiddler on the Roof DVD and Sound of Music DVD and Sister Act DVD instead with about the same money.
Why would you need to show them the GPL?
Some pointy haired bosses don't yet understand software you don't buy. If you didn't buy it, it's either spyware, malware, or pirated.
Reading the GPL lets them know there is another variety of software. Free software. It doesn't come with a per seat license. It doesn't come with an expensive price tag. PHB's sometimes understand this. Running the software isn't going to trigger a sucessful BSA audit from a disgruntled employee.
Those that actually know about the rootkits will know that Sony is at fault.
8 9380 .html
? NewsId=20244
The sad thing is they are still committed to copy protection. Even after all the stuff on CD's, they continued into DVD's. They went so far as to keep their head down.
Go to a local DVD store/rental store. Pickup a box of Open Season. Look for SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT on the box. At first glance it looks like a Columbia Pictures product. It has extra copy protection.
Sony says that it does not not intend to change the copy protection.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/00415
To their credit, they will replace the defective by design DVD's if you are having problems with them.
I got mine replaced free of charge.
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx
If you have one of these DVD's call them right away.
Consumers who have purchased one of the 20 faulty Sony DVD movie titles can call Sony Pictures Home Entertainment at 1-800-860-2878 and request a replacement DVD. Sony says it has corrected the problem with ARccOS copy protection.
I wonder what they mean by corrected the probelem with ARccOS copy protection?
bought a PS3.
Which, given my total lack of interest in games for it, is probably a $200 loss for them.
So they recouped what $500 of their manufacturing cost? How much would they have been out if nobody bought it and it wound up crushed? or sold for $100 less, or $200 less, or $300 less.
Did you buy it before they dropped the price? If not it looks like you gave them an extra $100 that they wouldn't have gotten.
I say let them including the Blu-Ray players rot on the shelf.
I am committed to not buying consumer unfriendly products.
With the SONY rootkit I was pretty much immune simply because I don't buy CD's without the Compact Disk logo signifying complyance to standards. Needless to say, the SONY DRM CD's don't have the logo.
I did get burned by them when I bought a DVD. Sony is not listed on the front cover. On the front cover in the lower right corner is the DVD VIDEO logo. I got Open Season by Columbia Pictures and on the back in small print in the bottom right hand corner SONY Pictures Home Entertainment. Sony is in about an 8 point font and Home Entertainment is in about a 3 point font. Acidrip wouldn't touch it. (I use a media server. It eliminates missing, scratched, broken, and dirty DVD's with the kids.) Online I found I now have to be as carefull with DVD's as I was CD's.
The moment I found the number to call when they had replacements, I gave them a ring. They replaced it, but the damage is already done. The logo is small, it is now on my list of bad boys.
Is there a logo on DVD's to identify DVD's that work? The poisoning of the pot with DRM is bad for all manufactures. The Compact Disk logo is missing from almost all retail CD's nowdays. It's to the point, I don't bother with retail CD displays anymore. DVD's look to be the next as they try to push High Def just like SACD replaced regular CD's as a mainstream product. (Captain obvious.. It's sarcasm)
Public realizes cure worse than the disease = -5,000 pts.
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Sony recalls discs = +10,000 pts.
Sony releases BluRay and PS3 = 0 pts.
Sony sues DRM Manufacturer = + 1pts.
Being stupid enough to not drop DRM and add it to thier DVD's = Priceless
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3
Replacing some copy protected DVD's +1,000 pts.
http://digg.com/movies/Sony_Replaces_Some_Copy_Pr
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/00415
Stating they are committed to DRM = Unbelievable!
EMI and Sony BMG each have committed to sharply increasing the number of CDs that are protected with technology that limits the number and type of copies that can be made.
http://news.com.com/iPods+to+support+copy-protect
So, in total, Sony is an unbelievable amount in the hole. I think its safe to say they're still pariahs here.
To top it off they are braging the Blu Ray format is secure for 10+ years. That's easy to say if nobody bothers to buy it and support it.
I can't help but think that this a move to slyly demonize FOSS by scaring businesses into thinking they don't know what's on their PCs."
2) It can be used to "root out" those 'evil' open source applications [bad].
This is actualy good. First they fear it. Then they learn about GPL and LGPL. Publicity about GPL is a good thing. Then they compare that with any other EULA. At that point, they start noting much of their free to obtain free software has EULA's. Quick, is it easer to track GPL for 20 applications or pass the EULA for 20 applications to the legal department for review? After review, which do you think will remain?
In the Windows world, they may find they have Quicktime with iTunes, Acrobat Reader, MusicMatch, Easy CD Creator, AOL installer, and any number of downloaded and bundled applications all with EULA's, most of which do not permit the things the GPL software permits.
I've gotten to the point where if a software package requires an EULA besides one of the BSD or GPL ones, I'm very reluctant to continue. This is a good thing.
everything they but into their blenders ends up as toxic dust!!!
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Not quite.. Look up the crowbar one. It reminds me of a slippery politician. The crowbar get a sidestep. So you are left wondering will it blend?
While the iPhone video is slashdotted, enjoy these.
If you want to look into the tougher jobs, look up the videos for "Will it shred"
Here is a starter for a BMW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNvvSWEbuTs
Computers/Printers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1_uvM-5xKs&mode=r
Boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JL77ECcOoQ&mode=r
Or do they have the license to damage your business at will?
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It's in the EULA.
Forcing their hand does have it's drawbacks.. such as no MS software permitted anywhere..
http://www.penguinista.org/cgi-bin/article?articl
http://www.qcs-rf.com/wordpress/?m=200703
http://bsadefense.com/resources/article_independe
The bad publicity is supposed to shake up pirates to get legit.
The bad karma shakes up legal users into looking at alternatives.
This one swore off MS products entirely due to a BSA audit.
http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html
but most of the larger ones will probably continue to do so because it's easier.
For some another issue is surviving a BSA audit. No contract, disgruntled employees or ex-employees or union organizers,.. anybody.. With a plan, you get blanket coverage and the threat of a BSA audit seems to go away. You may be in complyance, but the potential shutdown and finding records for each package of software installed with recipts is expensive even if you are legal.
A smaller shop with just a few machines can survive an audit if the records are in order.
An audit for a corporation would be extremely disruptive to daily operations.