Nov 21, 2005 | audio, DRM
Sony is having a bad month. They’re still trying to sweep the whole thing under the rug, but their malware has even hit the comics page.If you haven’t been following this, here’s my note about the first report that some Sony audio CDs secretly...
Nov 12, 2005 | Apple, audio, DRM
With reports of viruses in the wild taking advantage of Sony’s malware, Sony has agreed to drop the DRM software it licensed and take a deep breath before jumping back into copy protection.Sony’s overreaching has ensured that every move intended to lock...
Nov 10, 2005 | audio, DRM
The Sony DRM debacle will continue to be in the news. Sony was hit with a class action lawsuit in California yesterday, and new information has emerged about the software that Sony has made available to uninstall its malware – namely, that Sony has made it...
Nov 2, 2005 | audio, DRM, video
There’s a lot of talk online today about the malicious software installed when you play a protected Sony CD. Here’s my first reaction to it a few days ago, and here’s an article in the Washington Post and one from PCPro, for example.Watching...
Oct 31, 2005 | audio, DRM, hardware
The “Autorun” feature on your CD and DVD drives is starting to be abused and now creates another opportunity for bad people to damage your computer. I recommend disabling it. Here are instructions about how to disable Autorun in different versions of...
