[ale] more on sony rootkit, it uses LAME mp3 encoder code

[Chris Farris]

On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 20:38 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:

> 	Folks...  Nobody could make this crap up.  Nobody would believe that
> anybody (no matter HOW greedy) could possibly be THAT stupid...  
Always bet on stupidity.....

> 	It's been suggested to reward Sony by boycotting their products, ALL
> THEIR PRODUCTS, over the holiday season just to show how much we really
> care and appreciate their consideration of us as customers.  

Sony does how many BILLIONS in revenue? How many people are going to
care enough about this to not buy that brand new Plasma TV this year?
Your boycott won't make it into the radar of the Sony Execs. Now, being
hauled before a Congressional Committee might. :)

> Vote with your wallets...

I do, its called iTunes. They are reasonably priced, and their DRM isn't
fascist. I download a song, burn it to CD and then re-import it as MP3.

I don't have a problem with people wanting to protect their property
rights. I have a problem when they threaten the national security of the
United States to do so.

Chris

(Ok, maybe that last line was a bit dramatic - its still true)