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 11/21/2005 03:08:00 PM · #1


For filing a lawsuit against the SOBs at Sony for hijacking everyones computer on the off chance that they might rip a cd.

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 11/21/2005 03:13:39 PM · #2
Texas, maybe, but Texans won't get any part of the settlement -- it will all go to their state. (There would need to be a separate class action lawsuit to collect damages and the cost of removing the spyware.)
11/21/2005 04:56:03 PM · #3
Only the tip of the iceberg, I expect. Sony is going to be in a world of hurt over this one, and rightly so.
 11/21/2005 05:17:24 PM · #4
They ought to be in two worlds of hurt. One from the lawsuits, and hopefully prosecuters. The other from consumers. The legal stuff will take years and may not have any benefit for most of us. But a boycott of anything Sony can start right away and would send a clear message.

I still haven't heard anything about Sony offering any help to people who's computers were damaged. You'd think they could at least post something on the web telling how to get your `puter back to normal.

Message edited by author 2005-11-21 17:18:10.
 11/21/2005 05:25:49 PM · #5
Originally posted by coolhar:
They ought to be in two worlds of hurt. One from the lawsuits, and hopefully prosecuters. The other from consumers. The legal stuff will take years and may not have any benefit for most of us. But a boycott of anything Sony can start right away and would send a clear message.

I still haven't heard anything about Sony offering any help to people who's computers were damaged. You'd think they could at least post something on the web telling how to get your `puter back to normal.


//cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/
 11/21/2005 05:35:59 PM · #6
Originally posted by wgoodey:
Originally posted by coolhar:
They ought to be in two worlds of hurt. One from the lawsuits, and hopefully prosecuters. The other from consumers. The legal stuff will take years and may not have any benefit for most of us. But a boycott of anything Sony can start right away and would send a clear message.

I still haven't heard anything about Sony offering any help to people who's computers were damaged. You'd think they could at least post something on the web telling how to get your `puter back to normal.


//cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/


Of all that an apology would be nice.
 11/21/2005 05:41:27 PM · #7
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by wgoodey:
Originally posted by coolhar:
They ought to be in two worlds of hurt. One from the lawsuits, and hopefully prosecuters. The other from consumers. The legal stuff will take years and may not have any benefit for most of us. But a boycott of anything Sony can start right away and would send a clear message.

I still haven't heard anything about Sony offering any help to people who's computers were damaged. You'd think they could at least post something on the web telling how to get your `puter back to normal.


//cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/


Of all that an apology would be nice.


True, but they Are replacing cd's and even giving people mp3s.

Message edited by author 2005-11-21 17:45:33.
 11/21/2005 06:03:33 PM · #8
Originally posted by wgoodey:
... True, but they Are replacing cd's and even giving people mp3s.

Do you think they have done enough for the consumers they have injured? I don't. Even after they get the software patch out it will not leave your computer as it was before they put the virus/spyware on there with their infected discs. It will only tell the disc to disregard the copy protections. You'll need third party anti-virus software to get rid of it. I guess Norton and McAfee are going to benefit some as a byproduct of Sony's screwup. And how can you ever trust Sony again?

I say the best solution is to boycott all Sony products.
11/21/2005 07:51:56 PM · #9
all a virus coder had to do was name thier virus
$anyword$anotherword and that name pattern was enough for the file to become hidden under the sony hijack into your pc. That means that even antiviruses would not have been able to access the folder and warn you of a virus/trojan/backdoor.
I strongly suggest everyone, but especially people who have any cd/dvds/software from sony runs a anti-rookit program and makes that sony has not opened this little safe haven for internet attackers on your computer.

I will never trust sony products on my pc.
 11/21/2005 08:11:07 PM · #10
Checked my system and it's clean, but I never play CD's on this one..

But I sincerely hope Sony get roasted slowly over a fire for this. I know I will not buy their products..of any kind..
 11/21/2005 08:24:57 PM · #11
Sony is getting sued over the PS2 as well. I got an e-mail about it the other day.
11/21/2005 10:23:11 PM · #12
Originally posted by wgoodey:
Originally posted by coolhar:
They ought to be in two worlds of hurt. One from the lawsuits, and hopefully prosecuters. The other from consumers. The legal stuff will take years and may not have any benefit for most of us. But a boycott of anything Sony can start right away and would send a clear message.

I still haven't heard anything about Sony offering any help to people who's computers were damaged. You'd think they could at least post something on the web telling how to get your `puter back to normal.


//cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/

"...work by security researchers suggest that a vulnerable ActiveX control in Sony's DRM uninstaller is a greater security risk than the original Sony rootkit" See //www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/17/sony_drm_uninstaller_peril/

Note also that Sony infringed the copyright of code written by "DVD Jon"
See //www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/18/sony_copyright_infringement/

There's another copy protection scheme Sony uses from Suncomm, see //www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=925

Message edited by author 2005-11-21 22:42:42.
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