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

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 17 November 2005 05:22 pm, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
>> I don't think Sony will have a choice in whether suits will be
>> filed.  They're coming and they might as well get the armor plating
>> out.  They are going to get roasted.  As I said, the losses from the
>> settlement or award could be enough to send the US subsidiary into Chapter
>> 11.
>>
>> The executives who decided this was a good idea should go to jail for
>> violating the 4th Amendment.
>>
>> MM
>
>I believe the fourth amendment places restrictions upon the government
>regarding searches and seizures. This doesn't look like a constitutional
>issue to me.
>
>Harold
>
> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
>and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
>violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
>by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
>searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

 The text of the amendment doesn't restrict itself to government actions,
 but neither does the so-called separation of church and state grant the government
 the rights to make every law with respect to any religion, and prohibit the free
 exercise thereof, either.
 What the Constitution says means nothing, but how it's (mis)interpreted
 means everything.

 As such, I'm certain it would take a well-funded class action make-the-lawyers-rich-
 while-punishing-everyone-else type of suit to get that straightened out, so more than
 likely ( after years of litigation ) the "appropriate" settlement would be something
 like a mail-in rebate coupon to anyone who can prove they suffered damage as a
 result of the root kit limited to 10% of the actual costs of recovery, or $1.00 discount
 on a single future purchase from Sony,  whichever is the lesser of the two,
 or perhaps a one-time payment to Micro$oft to defray their cost of providing
 a cure in future upgrades, but nothing for existing systems.
 Something like that.

 Cynical ? Nah....
 ;-)

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