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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Sony DRM CD installs rootkit
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Philip Hunt |
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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Sony DRM CD installs rootkit |
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Wed, 2 Nov 2005 02:25:38 +0000 |
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On Tuesday 01 November 2005 22:16, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
> This is quite an interesting report (though he makes a bit of a meal of it)
> detailing how a rootkit gets installed on Microsoft Windows when you use
> the media-player on a Soney DRMed CD. An excellent example of where large
> content companies intend to go with DRM, and the fact that it's probably
> illegal in at least 3 jurisdictions doesn't seem to faze them:
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.h
>tml
This could do with being written-up in a non-technical way i.e. so it'd be
meaningful to people like MPs, describing (1) what this system does,
(2) why it is bad, and (3) which laws (if any) it breaks.
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Philip Hunt, address@hidden