new Sony CD copy Protection - WARNING -
11-10-2005, 11:32 AM
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The Sony CD creates a hidden directory and installs several of its own device drivers, and then reroutes Windows systems calls to its own routines. It intercepts kernel-level APIs, but then attempts to disguise its presence, using a crude cloaking technique.
Disingenuously, the copy restriction binaries were labelled "Essential System Tools".
Disingenuously, the copy restriction binaries were labelled "Essential System Tools".
The entire experience was frustrating and irritating. Not only had Sony put software on my system that uses techniques commonly used by malware to mask its presence, the software is poorly written and provides no means for uninstall. Worse, most users that stumble across the cloaked files with a RKR scan will cripple their computer if they attempt the obvious step of deleting the cloaked files.
I for one will not purcahse any Sony cd's with the new copyright protection. I do use my cd's on my computer and frankly this is just downright absurd.
http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121697
A list of the bad cd's from http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121697:
Nothing Is Sound. - Switchfoot
Unwritten [ENHANCED] - Natasha Bedingfield
Ride - Shelly Fairchild
12 Songs - Neil Diamond
Touch - Amerie
Bloom Remix Album [ENHANCED] - Sarah McLachlan
Kasabian - Kasabian
The Essential Pete Seeger [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Pete Seeger
Jeru [ENHANCED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Gerry Mulligan
Times Like These - Buddy Jewell,
Bob Brookmeyer & Friends[ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Bob Brookmeyer
Healthy In Paranoid Times [ENHANCED] - Our Lady Peace
Cautivo [DUALDISC] - Chayanne
The Invisible Invasion Coral, - The Coral
Defined Amici - Forever
Suspicious Activity [ENHANCED] - The Bad Plus
Manhattan Symphonie [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Dexter Gordon
Phantoms - Acceptance
On Ne Change Pas - Celine Dion
Get Right with the Man - Van Zant
To Love Again [ENHANCED] - Chris Botti
Life [DUALDISC] - Ricky Martin
The Essential Dion [ENHANCED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Dion
Faso Latido - A Static Lullaby
Change It All - Goapele
Susie Suh - Susie Suh
My Very Special Guests [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - George Jones
Broken Valley - Life of Agony
Silver's Blue [ENHANCED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Horace Silver
Z [ENHANCED] - My Morning Jacket
The 60s - The Dead 60s
Life In Slow Motion - David Gray
Elizabethtown [SOUNDTRACK] - Various Artists
Golden - Elkland
Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
Unfabulous And More: Emma Roberts [ENHANCED] - Emma Roberts
Vivian - Vivian Green
Dreamin' My Dreams [ENHANCED] - Patty Loveless
Mary Mary [ENHANCED] - Mary Mary
Never Gone - Backstreet Boys
Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
Friendship [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] - Ray Charles
Juego De Amor [Copy Protected CD] - Antony Santos
On Your Shore - Charlotte Martin
Brown Sugar - Various Artists
Blue Skies - Diana DeGarmo
I'm a Hustla [EXPLICIT LYRICS] - Cassidy
In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
Hero - Kirk Franklin
All That I - Am Santana
11-10-2005, 12:37 PM
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Originally posted by df.dima:
I was just wondering, this is all over the forums, but thing is I've heard about this 2 years ago. It did not make a big buzz back there, because I think there were just a couple cds out with this crap. Am I mistaken, or was this around earlier?
I was just wondering, this is all over the forums, but thing is I've heard about this 2 years ago. It did not make a big buzz back there, because I think there were just a couple cds out with this crap. Am I mistaken, or was this around earlier?
The real issue here, is that if you try and unsitall the software you can mess up your computer!
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