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Posted by Gordon Burditt on 11/18/05 04:55
>> >Oh no, are thieves throwing temper tantrums because media companies are
>>>fucking them over from being able to steal? Their hysteria is even more
>>>funny than their utter cowardice.
>>>
>>>No, people who spent the full price to buy a legitimate copy of a CD got
>>>spyware installed on their computer that left them vulnerable to attack.
>>
>> Not only that, it is claimed that the spyware contains *PIRATED
>> SOFTWARE* due to Sony violating the license for that software.
>>
>>>So
>>>Sony fucked their own customers.
>>
>> And they may have also violated copyright law to prevent copyright
>> infringement.
>>
>> Gordon L. Burditt
>
>Wrong. Copyright law gives no right to copy, except for fair use, limited
>to educational use mostly.
Copyright law gives no right for Sony to copy other people's software
subject to the LGPL license, in violation of the terms of that
license. Sony "rootkit pirate" Corporation reportedly did just
that, in the name of preventing copyright infringement of its
property.
Gordon L. Burditt
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