November 01, 2005

Sony Says

"All Your PC Are Belong to Us*"

The entire experience was frustrating and irritating. Not only had Sony [via a music CD] put software on my system that uses techniques commonly used by malware to mask its presence, the software is poorly written and provides no means for uninstall. Worse, most users that stumble across the cloaked files with a RKR scan will cripple their computer if they attempt the obvious step of deleting the cloaked files.

While I believe in the media industry’s right to use copy protection mechanisms to prevent illegal copying, I don’t think that we’ve found the right balance of fair use and copy protection, yet. This is a clear case of Sony taking DRM too far.

(found at Wizbang)

* I apologize for resurrecting such a lame pop culture meme.