More Sony rootkit troubles

User Comments: 9

1. January 16, 2006 2:03 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   [quote]The data might also show how widespread piracy has become. The 52 music titles released with the XCP software were only released in North America, he said. However, the network apparently affected by the Sony BMG issue covered 135 countries. About 4.7 million discs were manufactured and about 2.1 million had sold, according to Sony statements. "The global scope is the big mystery here," he said. "It is fairly likely that a lot of the discs were pirated."[/quote]So sony manages to be inconveint to pirates after all. This is not going to be pretty.
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2. January 16, 2006 2:06 PM
   MonkeyMan said:
   The music, as well as companies like Sony, are suffering from piracy. They are losing sales, and it is hurting new, and upcoming recording artists. But as always, companies talk about piracy, but there is nothing they can do about it. They just have to market their product, the best way that they possibly can. Even more disturbing, is the fact that people are copying the viruses along with the pirating software!!!!! which means, it only spreads these things to other computers, thus making internet security even more unstable.
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3. January 16, 2006 2:08 PM
   Masque said:
   Sony deserves to get their hand slapped on this one. I agree with the piracy issue, but I've never been in favor of the heavy-handed approach to it. Learn to deal with it by working with it. Others have.
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4. January 16, 2006 2:19 PM
   DragonMaster said:
   "It is fairly likely that a lot of the discs were pirated."So what is XCP doing on these CDs then?
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5. January 16, 2006 2:25 PM
   Eleventeen said:
   Gah, Sony really made me sick when I heard of this happening. Even from the start, I knew this was going to get out of hand. Now that it's getting worse, partly due to piracy, this will end up to be something much bigger than it was expected to be. Great job Sony, getting millions of computers infected with this rootkit. Oh well, atleast most people learn from their mistakes, and this will hopefully never happen again.
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6. January 16, 2006 7:26 PM
   vigilante said:
   They mean "pirated" as in, people did regular disk copies for their friends, thus passing the XCP along to them.Lucky for me, I don't even buy retail CDs anymore And you thought "junkware" only came from the Internet? Now it comes from store shelves, from your friends burning you disks. Tisk tisk.
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7. January 16, 2006 8:48 PM
   Race said:
   135 COUNTRIES??!! That's amazing. I really have no sympathy for those with pirated CD's in all of these countries, or the pirate factories that crank them out. But.......it is upsetting to think that simply burning a copy of one of their 'infected' CD's includes Sony's nice little bonus as well.Sony needs a lot more than a tap on the wrist.....Settlement??......right. Don't spend the $7.50 all in one place.I'm sure the government and military are enjoying having to spend time cleaning out legions of computers, while we pay for it.
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8. January 17, 2006 8:00 AM
   Eko said:
   Why blame it on the pirates?The companies are selling junk to us. If I would have paid for a CD which infects my computer, I would have joined several thousand people who got the same thing, and sued them. Don't pay them the money. Boycott Sony for this. Ever wondered how much money they make from making artists clown on the stages? I don't say that they shouldn't be paid, but do you think it's normal that third hand artist gets in a year more than most of us do in a lifetime ?!Face it. We are the stoopid ones. Each time you buy an original CD or DVD, think about the record company. Do they worth that money? The artist gets less than 5 percent, go figure !I come from a country where an original game is half the medium salary earned in a whole month. Would you rather starve and get the license ?Why don't they lower the price for a sofware in the third world countries?! Ratz!As for the government, they don't really give a s... about us. We're expendable, don't you know?The Germans destroyed in 2nd World War thousands of villages or cities. Killed millions. The Soviets were just as bad. But if you win a war, you're a hero. Loose it, and you're a criminal. How about Dresda, destroyed completely ? Only civilians were there, just like at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Why do we need to kill ourselves, anyway? Who needs the stupid military actions everywhere. You, me ?!Now, prepare for 1984. They'll put the surveillance inside the OS... You'll see.
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9. January 18, 2006 2:29 PM
   mentaljedi said:
   This is the only time where i thank the pirates. Well gone for screwing Sony!... now off to jail you go!
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