Sony-BMG End User License Agreement, Some SCARY %&!@

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:20 am

So, let's make this a bit more explicit. You buy a CD. You put the CD into your PC in order to enjoy your music. Sony grabs this opportunity to sneak into your house like a virus and set up camp, and it leaves the backdoor open so that Sony or any other enterprising intruder can follow and have the run of the place. If you try to kick Sony out, it trashes the place.

And what does this software do once it's on your PC? It enacts unbelievably restrictive DRM, including possible incompatibility with computer CD-ROM players, DVD players, and car CD stereos. And in a deep-dive into the Sony end-user license agreement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation found some astonishing fine print. For example, if you lose the original CD or it's stolen, you lose the right to any digital copies you've made. You can't keep your music on computers at work. You must delete your songs if you move out of the country or if you file for bankruptcy. The list goes on and on. As for the artists whose names have been sullied by their association with the root kit, it seems that at least some of them didn't give permission to Sony to use the backdoor DRM technology and want no part of it.

Nine Suprising Highlights of the EULA:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php

"If you file for bankruptcy, you have to delete all the music on your computer."

WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!?
WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!? WTF?!?

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:38 am

i hate to say it but: old

this only covers CDs in the US, and sony have abandoned it. plus microsoft have said they are treating the rootkit as malware and their monthly search'n'destroy update will deal with it

but yes - it does suck rhino dicks

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:24 am

--> http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13257

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:45 am

Eraser wrote:--> http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13257

which is old compared to

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewto ... light=sony

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:27 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Eraser wrote:--> http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13257
which is old compared to

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewto ... light=sony

Which is old compared to

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:35 pm

scourge34 wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Eraser wrote:--> http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13257
which is old compared to

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewto ... light=sony
Which is old compared to

that was the first post regarding the rootkit on this website, scourgeypants.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:40 am

Yeah I know. It was 5:30 am here and I wasn't in my right mind. Failed funny.