I've been reading something shocking on a technology site I frequent: If you buy the country/rock CD "Get Right With the Man" by "Van Zant", the CD silently installs a computer virus on your Windows machine (the virus isn't compatible with, and doesn't affect, Mac and Linux computers). I can't find any actual description of what it does, but it seems to track your activity and report back to Sony. The software, called XCP, which is in a classification called "rootkit" (which, apparently means it buries itself in System files and virus/adware scanners can't detect it), cannot be removed. The biggest trouble, it seems, is if you play two CDs in your computer with this technology, they conflict and your computer can be rendered unusable! The sad thing about this is it doesn't affect people who downloaded the album from eMule, Bittorrent, or other filesharing programs. Once someone rips the CD (with a Mac or PC running Linux), that copy is just the music, and people pirating the album are safe. It's those who PAY for the album, meaning music CUSTOMERS and not PIRATES are being targeted. Check for yourself http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-...ng=UTF8&s=music
Absolute bullshit. I'm done buying Sony CDs. And the last Sony electronic device I ever plan on buying is a PS3. If this is how they're going to treat customers, then we'll treat them just as badly. BTW, I'm just sticking up for you guys, my computer is immune to that crap
SonyBMG is the umbrella company of labels like Columbia, Jive, Arista, Epic, J, and RCA. That's a shitload of bands.
Alrighty then. I'm done buying CDs. If they're going to treat us like criminals, then I might as well live up to their expectations. Hear that RIAA? I'm done buying your crappy CDs. Take your spyware and shove it.
I was, honestly, thinking of starting a revolution, where I'd gather as many people as I could to send e-mails to Sony complaining about this. However, I realized that it's Sony and that they don't give a shit. I believe that this CTRL+ALT+DEL comic sums Sony up the best. "Fuck the customers. We want what we tell them they want."
I think he called it a virus because that's the layman's term for anything that's fucking up your computer.
I think he called it a virus because that's the layman's term for anything that's fucking up your computer. [/b][/quote] Good point.
You know, I think the WoW cheaters wanna give a big hand to Sony, because guess what? Now they can hide away their cheating programs away from WoW's anti-cheat program.