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List of Sony rootkit CDs now available
If you want to make sure that Sony BMG hasn't hacked its way into your PC's innards, check out this list of CDs known to contain the company's DRM "rootkit." The list includes quite a range of artists, from Ricky Martin to Neil Diamond, so if you still actually buy CDs instead of purchasing your music online, there's a chance you could be infected (though if you're using a Mac, you're in the clear).
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Subscribe to commentsMarc KlinkNov 10th 2005 12:44AM
This is just another reason that I buy less discs than I used to. I don't steal music, and I hate the sound quality of mp3's, so I buy CD's. But I look at it this way...once I buy it it is mine, and as long as I don't deprive the artist of any revenue I am entitled to do as I wish. I usually copy a disc 4 times. Once for each of my cars, so I have the disc when I want to listen, one in my stereo in the living room, and 1 in my computer. These are all for me or my wife and I put the original away so it doen't get ruined. If any of these copies were ruined [by heat say....I live in SoCal so it is very possible that a cd in a car can be ruined by heat] I would have to buy another copy according to this new licensing scheme. Also, I don't like the way the software insinuates itself on the computer, and takes away performance from my machine even when I am not listening to the disc. Also, it has been shown that this software makes further infestation or attack possible. All without a nod or a wink by Sony. The companies should make the discs something that people want to buy, by including things in the packaging that will make people buy the disc, making the purchase of the hard copy indispensable.
boneyardNov 10th 2005 7:34AM
mac or linux or ..., kind of silly to add the remark for mac, but not for other oses. mentioned them all, in one word or just keep silent about it.