Posted by Goro on 11/18/05 04:29

Alpha wrote:
> "Gordon Burditt" <gordonb.stgvb@burditt.org> wrote in message
> news:11npv4kobqos2f2@corp.supernews.com...
> > >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
>
> PS
>
> The DMCA specifically grants encryption rights to all media to the owner.

I'm not sure to exactly what you are referencing, but the apparent DMCA
violation involved with XCP is that it circumvents APPLE'S DRM, which
Sony certainly has no right to do (well, among all that other stuff...)

-goro-

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