Posted on 11/02/2005 7:04:33 PM PST by Cicero
you were saying about how this is just a "poor little industry" protecting itself from thieves? look what its doing to the PCs of people WHO BUY THE CD HONESTLY.
Do you smell that? That's the smell of chum in the water.
Expect lawsuits soon - especially if this appears in a lawyer's office.
Is this even legal?
Sounds like the making of a class-action lawsuit for mass-hacking of computer devices - which is also a criminal violation.
I have been reading some horror stories about the effects of DRM malware. Microsoft admits now that if anyone changes a drive or otherwise changes a computer's configuration, the user would have to pay again to use the content that had already been purchased once. This is going to blow up in the faces of Sony/BMG and Microsoft and any other companies that were stupid enough to attempt to slip this by...
I have a Mac. This can't happen on it.
Beware that rouge software.
Or get ready for a bruising class action lawsuit.
This might be the stuff that doesn't work on Windows if you hold down the SHIFT key (every damn time).
except that congress has passed so many laws changing copyrights - the industry can do almost anything they want and get away with it legally. and its only getting worse. fair use is gone, and soon enough, your PC and your digital TV will simply be something you "rent" from MSFT, the RIAA, and the MPAA.
why, because it won't autoload CDs when you put them into the drive? or because you don't perform that action as "superuser" on the box?
Apple's been going the other way on that. See the FairPlay concept, etc.
All your songs will soon belong to us.
And all your software.
And all your blogs.
And all your e-mail/IM.
And all your files.
And all your cell calls.
And you, citizen.
We have an "autorun" equivalent, but it doesn't run that function as superuser. More to the point, if something tries to mess with the core OS (which it would have to do in order to make something like this work), the OS itself says "hey, wait a sec" and alerts the user, requesting their password.
The malware doesn't install on Macs? And the CDs still function?
Charge them storage space at the tune of $100 per byte per hour and send them a bill!
A charge of trespass and breaking and entering would also be appropriate in this case since they had no permission to invade the computer.
Burn them and all the lawyers and judges and crooked politicians who are encouraging this. The PAYOLA must be huge for the republican congress.
Both.
I have a mac ==== poor thing === you are next! That's all.
I have a mac ==== poor thing === you are next! That's all.
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