11-11-2005, 01:48 AM | #1 | |
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Celine Dion could seriously screw up your PC
I never did like her much in the first place. Viruses Exploit Sony CD Copy-Protection | Yahoo News, Thu Nov 10, 5:54 PM ET Quote:
Evidently Sony are being spineless wimps and not returning phone calls from press about this at the moment. They did release a patch that can show the files cloaked by the software, but that patch cannot remove it. Reminds me a bit of Starforce. I seriously believe Starforce permanently f#&ked up both my cd and DVD drives.
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11-11-2005, 01:58 AM | #2 |
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Sorry, if you already own a Celine Dion CD you are already screwed up.
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11-11-2005, 02:08 AM | #3 | |
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Sony's uninstaller isn't foolproof either, after you jump through the hoops to get it. There are safe manual uninstallation instructions available to fix what the uninstaller wont. The trouble lies with Sony never once telling users the effects/uses of the software that is installed. There where some funny articles a few weeks ago about World of Warcraft hacks being quickly enabled to take advantage of the same exploits the viri above use. Blizzards sniffer program warden, which checks for running hacks can't find those hidden by Sony's DRM software. There's just something poetic about stringent DRM software enabling hackers rather than discouraging them |
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11-11-2005, 02:09 AM | #4 |
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Damn. That bad, eh?
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11-11-2005, 02:58 AM | #5 |
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I read on Gamespot that Sony is putting this software in the PS3.
It means that used games will not run on the PS3. So there goes the 2nd hand market or even borrowing a game from you mates won't work. If true i'm not buying a PS3.
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11-11-2005, 03:13 AM | #6 | |
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That's not likely. Especially given their stance on no central/organised online service the likes of Xbox Live for the PS3. Online play is strictly up to developers once again (as with the PS2). You may see ps3's able to write data to the blue ray discs but as you say, its a bold (crazy?) move and you'd want to have a monopoly on the entertainment market before doing it. But Sony have been stupid in the past when it comes to DRM (see above and their 60 day 'loan' that costs you full retail for their eBooks). So even if it is pure speculation/rumor its not wholly unbelievable from Sony. Because they're Sony. |
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11-11-2005, 05:50 AM | #7 |
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Don't just just love the word "piggybacking"?
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11-11-2005, 05:58 AM | #8 | |
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11-11-2005, 06:18 AM | #9 |
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Sony has a bad reputation when it comes to anti-piracy protection. CD's you can't play on your computer, or in your car, anyone? And why the hell can't I make one copy for myself anyway? I don't want to haul my CD's to my car all the time.
Anyway, Sony is only giving people a reason to turn to piracy. After all, you won't f00k up your system when you download Celine Dion. Only your ears --Erwin
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11-11-2005, 06:45 AM | #10 | |
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They pull this shit all the time - when the RIAA shut down Audiogalaxy, all I could do is shake my head, because frankly put, the other one million and twenty three thousand fourhundred and sixty two mp3 sharing programs out there () still let people share the chart songs, and those people looking for out-of-prints and rarities are the ones that were ****ed up the arse. Exactly the group they don't care much for, the group that wasn't doing the financial damage. Way to go. Grnnnph... maybe there's some hope and Stealth Sonic Recordings might unmerge from Sony again... okay... wishful thinking, I suppose...
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Heeeey... c_c I like Sony. Sure, they're dumb sometimes, sometimes really, really dumb, and someone should pan them... in fact, before I go on, let me...
...but they can still be lovable. Sometimes. Right? ... RIGHT?
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I really hate what they're doing here. I mean, I have no problems whatsoever with trying to protect their content from piracy, but this is like blowing up your house to get rid of an ant problem. I'm sure it's at least twenty-seven flavors of illegal, too. It'd be pointless to put this kind of protection into the PS3. Companies like Blockbuster and Gamefly wouldn't be able to carry any PlayStation 3 software, places like EB and GameStop would no longer make a profit off of buying and reselling used games, and if your PlayStation 3 happens to break, guess what? You have to buy every game all over again. You can't even sell your old library to make up some of the cost of repurchasing, because they wouldn't work anywhere else. It's a ridiculous notion, and if Sony pulls something like that, I'll be going for a Revolution/360 combo this coming generation.
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When I read the thread title, I thought Celine Dion had a habit of going to people's computers and breaking them.
On a somewhat similar note, I remember my dad putting a Gloria Estefan CD into the computer because it had some extras on it. The first that popped up was a video of her telling people not to copy her head from pictures onto naked bodies of other people. I found that an incredibly funny and dumb thing to say. |
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As soon as people hear that they're going to want to do it. Maybe she wanted it because I can't see many people doing it otherwise.
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