SONY Shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 The f * secure corporation of 0 Finland sold 1st of local time, SONY & the group
The copy restriction functional equipped music CD, pinpointed the fact that it is the computer virus.
At f * secure corporation, lock group 'Van Zant' CD ' get * light/write with
It purchases the the * man ', at the American Amazon corporation. Actually, you verified that it is danger.

As for this virus CD, in first working condition is indicated and is required agreement, but
When un installation function is not prepared, tries the deletion of the virus
You become ill, destroy CD/DVD drive, make from now on drive unserviceable.

Vis-a-vis this as for the virus developer and others, closely with the major virus measure enterprise of the Symantec and the like
It made that it cooperates clear, apology statement started the distribution of the correction patch program.

Source
Http: //japan.cnet.com/news/tech/story/0,2000047674,20090087,00.htm
Http: //hotwired.goo.ne.jp/news/technology/story/20051102301.html
Http: //www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/0511/02/news022.html

This is pretty stupid Digital Rights Managment.
Normal users will have their computers fucked over. The kid who wants to do his homework and slaps a CD into the family computer and breaks it.

But the people the corporations are REALLY after won't even be affected. If "pirates" really want to, they'll go out and rip the audio AS audio from a line-in jack.

Sony are going about this the wrong way. They should set up their own music/movie store or something.

What the companies are really scared of, however, is the idea of an iTunes music store where bands who record their own stuff who aren't with the record labels submitting content like Podcasters do and making real money out of it.

Sure, it wouldn't kill it all off, but it would make a massive difference.