[TriLUG] Let Sony know how you feel about DRM

[Jeff Bollinger]

Damn, every piece of my home stereo is Sony (save the record 
player)...there goes the WEGA I was planning on getting...

Jeff

H. Wade Minter wrote:
> Sony Corp. issued a press release today trumpeting their OpenMG X 
> "Digital Rights Management" technology.  Some highlights include:
> 
>  "OpenMG X" consists of the following software modules;
> 1. An encoding module which adds digital rights management information, 
> such as the number of times content was copied or played, to music/movie 
> content and converts them into code at the distributors' end.
> 2. A server module which distributes digital rights management 
> information on content to the users' end.
> 3. Client module for developing application software compatible with 
> "OpenMG X" Sony has put the client module (#3) into practice and created 
> "MAGIQLIP", the network music player for PC.
> 
> So not only do they get to control what you do with the media that you 
> legally obtain, they get to find out all of your viewing habits!  Joy!
> 
> I've already been to 
> https://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/Support/Feedback/Form/other.html and 
> registered my intent to avoid Sony products, such as the PS2 I was 
> thinking about getting for my birthday.  If any other TriLUG'ers would 
> like to let Sony know how you feel about DRM, that looks like a good 
> place to go.
> 
> --Wade
> 
> REF: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/09/1230221
> http://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200208/02-035E/
> 
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-- 
Jeff Bollinger
University of North Carolina
IT Security Analyst
105 Abernethy Hall
mailto: jeff_bollinger at unc dot edu

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