There's been a pile and a half of stories about Sony's new "Deluxe Computer Hacker Editions" of their CDs where that new Santana (for example) CD gives you not only the latest latin sounds from Santana and guests, but also gives you one helluva computer hack. Even better, the fix opens even bigger holes in your computer!
So, since there's already been lots of commentary about this (plus an ever-growing list of class-action lawsuits), I have only two ironic comments to make:
- You're telling me that the fine brains at Sony thought this was a good way to stop all the money they're losing from piracy? From articles I've been reading, places like public libraries are now refusing to purchase any more Sony product until they remove their XCP Rootkit software... which leads to a lot of money lost on potential sales. I'd love to see how much money Sony loses from this versus how much they may have potentially lost on pirated copies of those CDs...
- Isn't it ironic that the people being punished with this stuff are the people WHO BOUGHT THE CD??? Sony got their $15.99 from these people. Shouldn't Sony be figuring out to target those who DIDN'T pay for the CD?
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