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DATE 2005-11-01

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MESSAGE
DATE 2005-11-10
FROM Ruben Safir
SUBJECT Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Viruses exploit Sony DRM software

Sony BMG is facing a class action suit from Californian consumers who
claim the music giant's rootkit DRM technology damaged their computers
and breaks three separate Californian laws.

The suit asks the court to stop Sony selling any more CDs containing the
rootkit and seeks compensation for damage already done. Some Sony audio
CDs include software which will secretly load itself if the CD is played
on a computer. The suit was filed 1 November in the Los Angeles Superior
Court by attorney Alan Himmelfarb, according to Reuters.


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A second case has been started in New York on behalf of anyone who's
bought one of the CDs.

Sony is also facing possible action from the Electronic Frontier
Foundation in Italy - the lobby group has filed papers with the Italian
authorities alleging Sony is guilty of "illicit acts".

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has also examined Sony's End User
License Agreement which consumers now agree to when buying Sony CDs.
Aside from letting Sony install any software they like on your computer
it also covers what you can do with stored copies of the CD.

Any copies of the CD kept on a laptop or other device must be deleted if
the original CD is stolen or lost. They cannot be stored on your work
computer only a "personal home computer system owned by you". If you
move countries you must delete all songs covered by the license. If you
file for bankrupcy you must delete all relevant files.

Any consumer who fails to keep up-to-date with the hidden software is in
breach of the agreement.

In exchange for all this the license also limits Sony BMG's liability
for any damages this might cause to just $5 per CD - or slightly less
than you paid for it in the first place.

Read the whole critique here.

A spokesman for Sony BMG in the UK guided us in the direction of New
York HQ because CDs sold in the UK do not contain the rootkit. Sony BMG
New York were unable to provide comment by press time. ®



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  2. 2005-11-02 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] GNU/Linux Sysadmin Jobs for 60K
  3. 2005-11-02 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sony Ships Sneaky DRM Software
  4. 2005-11-02 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sony Ships Sneaky DRM Software
  5. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Paris and Iraq
  6. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Paris and Iraq
  7. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sony Ships Sneaky DRM Software
  8. 2005-11-03 Contrarian <adrba-at-nyct.net> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Senate to vote today on M$ sponsored HB visas
  9. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [Fwd: Still time to register: Tame the Data Explosion]
  10. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] More Sony DRM
  11. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Content Reading/Intel and GNU/Linux
  12. 2005-11-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [Fwd: Linux Research - Request For Assistance]
  13. 2005-11-05 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [Fwd: JobCircle Weekly Summary of New Jobs]
  14. 2005-11-07 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Community: Why Is Novell Chopping Its SUSE Linux Workstation and
  15. 2005-11-07 From: "Steve Milo" <slavik914-at-rennlist.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Community: Why Is Novell Chopping Its SUSE Linux Workstation and Desktop Product Line?
  16. 2005-11-08 From: <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Yahoo chat
  17. 2005-11-08 From: "J.E. Cripps" <cycmn-at-nyct.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Yahoo chat
  18. 2005-11-09 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [infsanto-at-council.nyc.ny.us: E-Update for the Committee on Technology in Government]
  19. 2005-11-09 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [smccool-at-realmsys.com: Linux Applications Contest ? Win $50K]
  20. 2005-11-10 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] New Worm Targets Linux Web Service Holes
  21. 2005-11-10 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Suse co-founder leaves Novell
  22. 2005-11-10 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Novell Tripping Over its Linux Strategy
  23. 2005-11-10 From: <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] New Worm Targets Linux Web Service Holes
  24. 2005-11-10 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] New Worm Targets Linux Web Service Holes
  25. 2005-11-10 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] General Membership Meeting Tuesday Night 11-15-2005
  26. 2005-11-10 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] General Membership Meeting Tuesday Night 11
  27. 2005-11-10 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] General Membership Meeting Tuesday Night 11
  28. 2005-11-10 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] General Membership Meeting Tuesday Night
  29. 2005-11-10 From: <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com> RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] General Membership Meeting Tuesday Night 11-15-2005
  30. 2005-11-10 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Viruses exploit Sony DRM software
  31. 2005-11-10 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Even Better SONY's left and right hands
  32. 2005-11-11 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Viruses exploit Sony DRM software
  33. 2005-11-11 From: "rc" <ray-pub-at-rcn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Monitors
  34. 2005-11-15 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] General Membership Meeting Thursday Night 11-17
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  36. 2005-11-15 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Europe and the US philosophically divided on open source?
  37. 2005-11-15 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Open source: Developing markets and anti-Americanism (Part 2)
  38. 2005-11-15 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [Fwd: Press Release: Second Annual FDA Information Management
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  42. 2005-11-16 Contrarian <adrba-at-nyct.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Amy Harmon is at it again
  43. 2005-11-16 From: <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Suse 10.0 is Out!
  44. 2005-11-16 From: "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sony pulls copy-protected CDs from shelves
  45. 2005-11-16 From: <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sony pulls copy-protected CDs from shelves
  46. 2005-11-16 Contrarian <adrba-at-nyct.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Monitors
  47. 2005-11-16 Mark Simko <msimko-at-optonline.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Monitors
  48. 2005-11-16 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: New to Linux
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  50. 2005-11-16 From: <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Monitors
  51. 2005-11-18 From: "rc" <ray-pub-at-rcn.com> RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Monitors
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  60. 2005-11-20 Mark Simko <msimko-at-optonline.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging: Video
  61. 2005-11-20 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging:
  62. 2005-11-21 Contrarian <adrba-at-nyct.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging:
  63. 2005-11-21 Contrarian <adrba-at-nyct.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging:
  64. 2005-11-21 From: "Steve Milo" <slavik914-at-rennlist.net> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[NYLXS_-_HANGOUT]_(Fwd)_Fwd:_Review_of_Compu?=
  65. 2005-11-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging:
  66. 2005-11-21 Contrarian <adrba-at-nyct.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging:
  67. 2005-11-21 From: <mlr52-at-mycouponmagic.com> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging: Video
  68. 2005-11-21 From: "Steve Milo" <slavik914-at-rennlist.net> Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (Fwd) Fwd: Review of Computer Vote Rigging: Video
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