Copy-protected SONY CDs?

ZenWarrior · 11-16-2005, 07:12 AM

A [partial?] listing of SONY CDs with SONY's recently discovered and nefarious XCP copy-protection follows. Anyone own any of these? Will you now think twice before buying another SONY CD, or any CD because it has copy-protection? (Me? No way. I'll let my dollars vote against that stupidity.)

Trey Anastasio, Shine (Columbia)
Celine Dion, On ne Change Pas (Epic)
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs (Columbia)
Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times (Columbia)
Chris Botti, To Love Again (Columbia)
Van Zant, Get Right with the Man (Columbia)
Switchfoot, Nothing is Sound (Columbia)
The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)
Acceptance, Phantoms (Columbia)
Susie Suh, Susie Suh (Epic)
Amerie, Touch (Columbia)
Life of Agony, Broken Valley (Epic)
Horace Silver Quintet, Silver's Blue (Epic Legacy)
Gerry Mulligan, Jeru (Columbia Legacy)
Dexter Gordon, Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia Legacy)
The Bad Plus, Suspicious Activity (Columbia)
The Dead 60s, The Dead 60s (Epic)
Dion, The Essential Dion (Columbia Legacy)
Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten (Epic)
Ricky Martin, Life (Columbia) (labeled as XCP, but, oddly, our disc had no protection)

(Source: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php)

TheBostonian · 11-16-2005, 07:14 AM

Sony is recalling all the CDs with the questionable software:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441928.stm

zima · 11-16-2005, 07:18 AM

It won't help now much anyway.
Just look at the maps:
http://www.doxpara.com/

ZenWarrior · 11-16-2005, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zima

It won't help now much anyway.
Just look at the maps:
http://www.doxpara.com/

You're likely right. Looking at those maps and then considering the tendency of the average consumer [either to remain uninformed or not give a hoot], Sony's rootkit has left countless compromised computers in its wake.

However, I think I've heard that Microsoft plans to remove or disable Sony's nefarious copy-protection scheme in a regularly scheduled Windows Update.

Now why does that seem weird? Microsoft removing someone else's copy protection, even if it is dangerous, just seems too strange given its "give no quarter' stance on both security and the copying of Microsoft's own software--with its myriad security holes.

Hmmm...I wonder if it might have anything at all to do with the ongoing and vicious Sony PlayStation vs. Microsoft X-Box wars.

Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks · 11-16-2005, 09:01 AM

lol @ dodgy techniques
Remedy software tried something similar and they failed. History just repeats itself over and over.

zima · 11-16-2005, 09:02 AM

It's mostly interesting because it sets a law precedence regading DMCA. If some company can disable copy protection of another company, why consumers can't? (in any case)

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11-16-2005, 07:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
ZenWarrior Noogle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bush-Whacky, U.S.A. Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Copy-protected SONY CDs? A [partial?] listing of SONY CDs with SONY's recently discovered and nefarious XCP copy-protection follows. Anyone own any of these? Will you now think twice before buying another SONY CD, or any CD because it has copy-protection? (Me? No way. I'll let my dollars vote against that stupidity.) Trey Anastasio, Shine (Columbia) Celine Dion, On ne Change Pas (Epic) Neil Diamond, 12 Songs (Columbia) Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times (Columbia) Chris Botti, To Love Again (Columbia) Van Zant, Get Right with the Man (Columbia) Switchfoot, Nothing is Sound (Columbia) The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia) Acceptance, Phantoms (Columbia) Susie Suh, Susie Suh (Epic) Amerie, Touch (Columbia) Life of Agony, Broken Valley (Epic) Horace Silver Quintet, Silver's Blue (Epic Legacy) Gerry Mulligan, Jeru (Columbia Legacy) Dexter Gordon, Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia Legacy) The Bad Plus, Suspicious Activity (Columbia) The Dead 60s, The Dead 60s (Epic) Dion, The Essential Dion (Columbia Legacy) Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten (Epic) Ricky Martin, Life (Columbia) (labeled as XCP, but, oddly, our disc had no protection) (Source: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php)

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11-16-2005, 07:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
TheBostonian Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 94 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sony is recalling all the CDs with the questionable software: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441928.stm

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zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It won't help now much anyway. Just look at the maps: http://www.doxpara.com/

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Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks Elite Googler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 1,279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	lol @ dodgy techniques Remedy software tried something similar and they failed. History just repeats itself over and over.

11-16-2005, 09:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's mostly interesting because it sets a law precedence regading DMCA. If some company can disable copy protection of another company, why consumers can't? (in any case)

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