Posted by suntzu on 11/11/05 04:18

that copy protection's already a vector for trojan attacks...
arstechnica.com had an article about it today...

FunkyDevil wrote:
> What Sony BMG and other companies don't seem to see , is that it only
> takes one person to make the copy , it doesn't take all billion of us
> to do it , only ONE of us has to do it ,
> the internet RULES !!!
>
> And there are probably numerous ways to copy a cd with or without
> stealth viruses attached.
>
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>
> FOLLOW UP :
>
> Sony BMG's DRM provider does not rule out future use of STEALTH
>
> http://stage.tgdaily.com/2005/11/04/f4i_says_sony_bmg_xcp_is_not_rootkit/
>
>
> In an exclusive interview with TG Daily, the CEO of the company that
> produces copy protection software for music publisher Sony BMG denies
> allegations that this software is a rootkit, though acknowledges it
> uses some of the same stealth means. They won't be used again, he says,
> but stealth itself cannot be ruled out.
>
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>
> Original story :
>
> Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
>
> Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists
>
> Antivirus companies are considering protecting their customers from the
> digital rights management software used by Sony on some CDs.
>
> http://news.com.com/Sonys+antipiracy+may+end+up+on+antivirus+hit+lists/2100-1029_3-5933428.html
>
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>
> LEST WE FORGET :
>
> http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/4832
>
> Music companies settle in price-fixing case
>
> "In August 2000, most U.S. states joined in a lawsuit alleging that an
> industry practice called "minimum advertised pricing" (MAP)
> artificially inflated the price of CDs between 1995 and 2000, violating
> federal and state antitrust laws. Under MAP, the labels subsidized
> advertising for retailers that agreed not to sell CDs below a certain
> price.
>
> The five record labels - Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group,
> Sony's Sony Music, Bertelsmann's BMG Music Group,
>
>
> Warner Music Group, a division of AOL Time Warner, and EMI Group -
> and the three retailers,
> Musicland Stores, Trans World Entertainment and Tower Records, agreed
> to stop using MAP policies as part of the settlement.
>
> The companies, which did not admit any wrongdoing, will pay $67.4
> million in cash to compensate consumers who overpaid for CDs between
> 1995 and 2000. The companies also agreed to distribute $75.7 million
> worth of CDs to public entities and nonprofit organizations throughout
> the country."
>
>
>
> http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/10190
>
> RIAA price fixing settlement delivers 'dud' CDs
>
> " Wisconsin libraries have received more than 105,000 CDs as part of a
> national settlement with the recording industry to settle a
> price-fixing lawsuit, but few are choices most listeners would opt for.
>
>
> http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/9163
>
> Over 3 million consumers receive refund cheques from music companies
>
> The approved settlement forces them to send out $ 13.86 refund cheques
> to over three million music consumers across 40 states which started
> from Friday and also bars the defendants from agreeing to fix prices in
> future.
>

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