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Title: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: nemo_83 on December 02, 2005, 11:03:33 AM
hope this hasn't been posted

Sony has been putting spyware on music CDs and is about to be sued out of existence.
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: MysticGohan24 on December 02, 2005, 11:20:48 AM
heh, I knew there was something about their products that screamed EVIL!! heh.

Does this also includ DVD's? sony always has that damn dvd player software crap on it.
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: Arbok on December 02, 2005, 12:43:52 PM
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Originally posted by: nemo_83
hope this hasn't been posted


I don't think it has, at least directly, although it has been brought up in several threads.

"The state’s attorney general’s office is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law..."

Would that be $100,000 for each person who purchased one of these CDs in the state?
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: Kairon on December 02, 2005, 02:06:25 PM
Proof Microsoft is more evil:

-Windows crushing Apple
-IE crushing Netscape
-Office crushing any other productivity app out there

... if the XBox does as well as Microsoft expects it to this Generation...I'm scared for the future of gaming...

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: stevey on December 02, 2005, 03:22:21 PM
I've posted it already and there a way a round it  
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: nitsu niflheim on December 02, 2005, 03:40:38 PM
ha, this was reported in The Washington Times about two-three weeks ago.
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: Renny on December 02, 2005, 09:25:47 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Kairon
Proof Microsoft is more evil:

-Windows crushing Apple
-IE crushing Netscape
-Office crushing any other productivity app out there

... if the XBox does as well as Microsoft expects it to this Generation...I'm scared for the future of gaming...

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com


[insert BeOS wherever]
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: wandering on December 02, 2005, 11:40:49 PM
Proof Nintendo is even more evil:

- They're satanic.
- They're nazis.
- They allow "murder simulators" on their consoles.
- Did I mention they're satanic?
- They cause seizures.
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: Bill Aurion on December 04, 2005, 06:28:36 AM
Laugho, that "swastika" is backwards...
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: KDR_11k on December 04, 2005, 07:38:47 AM
A swastika can go both ways, just like a pentagram. Changes the meaning, though.
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: wandering on December 04, 2005, 09:29:19 AM
Yeah, it's actually a buddhist symbol.

Oh, and dang, two of those links are broken but I can't edit the post for some reason.
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: UncleBob on December 04, 2005, 05:51:03 PM
And this is why music piracy is bad... Those of us who don't pirate have to deal with this kind of crap simply because Sony is trying to protect their rights.
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: KDR_11k on December 05, 2005, 05:45:12 AM
No, it's Sony's fault because they decided to use such badly thought out measures. Is it the fault of burglars that some nutjob shoots everyone in sight because he thinks someone might break into his house? And the warezers are the ones who lose nothing here because they know how to avoid these anticopy systems. Sony should have thought for two seconds before distributing a rootkit like that.
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: UncleBob on December 05, 2005, 06:07:33 AM
Now I'm not saying that Sony is innocent...  But if the nutjob has people breaking in to his house 24/7, coming and going as they please and taking whatever they want with little to no reasonable legal recourse for the nutjob would anyone be surprised if the nutjob did start shooting anyone who stepped on his property?

Personally, I hope that Sony does get sued and has to pay major fines.  And in return, I hope that Sony manages to go after every single person who's ever illegally downloaded even a single Sony song and sues them in order to help Sony pay their fines.
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: Rhoq on December 05, 2005, 06:56:49 AM
As someone involved on the business side of the music industry, I can definitely sympathize with Sony, but at the same time - realistically speaking, there isn't any viable solution to curb music piracy and there won't be one for the foreseeable future.
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: MysticGohan24 on December 05, 2005, 09:51:08 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: Kairon
Proof Microsoft is more evil:

-Windows crushing Apple
-IE crushing Netscape
-Office crushing any other productivity app out there

... if the XBox does as well as Microsoft expects it to this Generation...I'm scared for the future of gaming...

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com


Why don't we compare how FireFox is crushing IE..? hmmmm...
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: Kairon on December 05, 2005, 12:47:09 PM
Unfortunately, Firefox seems to have petered out at around 10-15% market penetration.

This means that all of its features will be ripe for copying by the next big IE release.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: stevey on December 05, 2005, 01:58:57 PM
OMR sony pays to defile wall of buildings with psp graffiti!    I will pay anyone paint a work of art on store walls that an ad for the DS.
Title: RE:Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: MysticGohan24 on December 05, 2005, 03:56:38 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Kairon
Unfortunately, Firefox seems to have petered out at around 10-15% market penetration.

This means that all of its features will be ripe for copying by the next big IE release.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com




Last I heard Firefox was getting 10% of IE users every year, and still climbing.

I think MS will have a hard time copying ideas that are added all the time.

Plus, no ActiveX so I doubt MS will throw that away from their poorly done browser.


Did I mentioned I HATE ACTIVEX!?

'nuff said'
Title: RE: Proof: Sony is evil
Post by: KDR_11k on December 06, 2005, 02:41:10 AM
MS lost a patent violation lawsuit Eolas brought forth over ActiveX. They'll have to neuter it a bit.