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Sony's attempt to spy on its customers and limit their fair use of the music they buy is outrageous. It is corporate greed and contempt for the customer—not to mention outright stupidity. Sony's bad behavior isn't just irresponsible and contemptible—it's also illegal. At least that's the opinion of the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) and the State of Texas Attorney General's office. Both groups filed lawsuits against Sony last week. Another half dozen other class action suits against Sony are rumored to be in the works. And Sony's current legal woes may just be the beginning of a maelstrom of lawsuits, PR nightmares, and consumer alienation. Here's what the brouhaha is all about: for DRM purposes, Sony secretly placed the extremely hazardous XCP software on an estimated two to three million music CDs, and less dangerous but still problematic MediaMax software on over 20 million CDs. Both of these programs install themselves on your computer without your knowledge when you play one of the infected audio CDs on your computer and they both violate your privacy rights by collecting information about you and sending it back to Sony without your permission. |
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