Sony BMG Settles Over CD DRM 225
aurispector writes "Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $1.5 million and kick in thousands more in customer refunds to settle lawsuits brought by California and Texas over music CDs that installed a hidden anti-piracy program on consumers' computers. The settlements, announced Tuesday, cover lawsuits over CDs loaded with one of two types of copy-protection software — known as MediaMax or XCP.
Although it's great to see this as a victory for consumers, I can't help but wonder about the next wave of DRM schemes."
And Thousands more (Score:5, Funny)
Sony is Doomed.
And by "thousands more" they mean... (Score:2, Funny)
Meanwhile in a secret Sony Research Lab... (Score:5, Funny)
Researcher John: Well, we got this thing where we can put in subliminal messages into the music that our customers buy. Stuff like "P2P and Piracy rapes your mom!" or "Buy more sucky and/or mediocre music!" or "Mike is a fag!"
Researcher Mike: Shut up John!
Sony Suit: Oh that's good stuff! Anything else?
Researcher John: Well, Mike has another idea.
Researched Mike: (holds up cute puppy) We can threaten to kill this cute puppy if they pirate stuff!
Sony Suit: EXCELLENT! (pets cute puppy) Woo's a cute puppy-wuppy! Woo's gonna die to pwotect our intewests!! Oooohh!! Sooo cute! Yesyouare!! Yesyouare!!
Re:Not the DRM, the rootkit. (Score:1, Funny)
Don't be so critical (Score:2, Funny)
Now please excuse me, I need to count the 15 pennies that I'm now entitled to.
Fuck Sony.
Re:Tagged Peanuts (Score:1, Funny)
Re:The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is sad. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:DRM = Digital Restrictions Management (Score:2, Funny)
Re:My solution to prevent being a victim... (Score:2, Funny)