[BC] More hassles with Sony music!

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Sony announced on Tuesday that a 
<http://news.com.com/Sony+fixes+security+hole+in+CDs%2C+again//New+Sony+CD+security+risk+found/2100-1002_3-5984764.html?tag=nl>new 
risk had been found with a batch of 27 of its compact discs, which 
automatically install antipiracy software on hard drives when put 
into a computer's disc drive. Along with the Electronic Frontier 
Foundation, a digital rights group, the record label released a patch 
aimed at fixing that flaw.

However, Princeton computer science professor Ed Felten 
<http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freedom-to-tinker.com%2F%3Fp%3D942&siteId=3&oId=2100-1002-5987776&ontId=1009&lop=nl.ex>wrote 
in his blog on Wednesday that the patch itself could open computers 
to attack by hackers.


http://news.com.com/Sony+fixes+security+hole+in+CDs%2C+again/2100-1002_3-5987776.html?tag=nefd.top




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