Please explain the DRM code controversy?
"Please explain the DRM code controversy?"
Sony / BMG's newer CDs install a program that prevents you from making more than 3 copies of a music CD.
The problem is that 1) the user doesn't know it, 2) the end user license agreement (ELUA) when found it horrible, and 3) Sony uses "cloaking" software that is easily hacked.
Cloaking - that's a practice by where a program can be run on your PC w/o you ever finding out unless you use special tools (rootkit).
The cloaking software that Sony is using can be used to hide ANY program, including viruses and spyware. Soooo... the latest viruses are now looking for this utility so that they can hide from you and your antivirus programs!
Here's a link to one story about it that explains what the record companies are up to now. They will get as little of my money as possible.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Sony_to_Help_Remove_its_DRM_Rootkit/1130965475