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1. Comment - Sony Rootkit 'Fix' Brings More Trouble

   (Nov 16, 2005 - 4:19 AM)

   The fact that people (me) download music has very little to do with the issue we are discussing here.
   
   Certainly the issues are linked as they relate to each other...but the MAIN issue is SONY/BGM installing software onto your computer without your knowledge. The fact that the software has been proved to be a security risk simply adds to the outrage.
   
   The discussion concerning whether or not the Industry as a whole have a 'right' to impose 'copyright protection' on their product is an interesting one...and although I may not like it (the same way I do not like going in and paying for a pair of shoes) in the end I concede that as they are the ones manufacturing the 'product' they have the right to protect it against something they perceive as causing 'lost revenue'.
   
   We on the other hand have the right not to purchase it...which brings me right back to my computer connected to the net. And so it goes.
   
   What SONY/BMG were attempting to do was not 'wrong'...how they went about implementing their 'right' is illegal...and for that reason there should be consequences.
   
   There has been an ocean of discussion about the entire p2p music issue...does anybody know of a working solution which will satisfy both sides...or are the p2p side so used to the concept of 'free' that there can be no discussion?

2. Comment - Sony Rootkit 'Fix' Brings More Trouble

   (Nov 16, 2005 - 12:05 AM)

   Why has there been no product recall?
   
   I am still able to purchase the new SANTANA at my local music outlet.