[BC] CD's Recalled for Posing Risk to PC's

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:19 AM 11/17/05, Mike McCarthy wrote
>We are at the atom of the tip of the iceberg in this matter. I 
>suspect Sony is going to be facing a class action lawsuit of the 
>kind that might end up putting them into Chapter 11. If I were a 
>stock holder, I

         However, I would be pretty certain that
         there is some fine print in the package
         and/or the "I agree" box that people had
         to click on to install.

         The entire issue of "protecting everything,
         at all times" is getting tiresome. Few
         people - aside from the true pirates and
         disk jockeys - really ever make multiple
         copies of anything....   And the people
         who do can easily defeat all the
         copy protection devices out there.

         It is more of a PR issue, and one wonders
         how long it will take to blow over...  it is
         likely Sony will give away free CDs
         before they agree to allow a lawsuit ... and
         you can believe EVERY big gun attorney for
         the industry will be on board to protect
         their "sneakwrap" terms.




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