DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit? 585
An anonymous reader writes "With some help from Sabre Security, Sebastian Porst and Matti Nikki have identified some stolen GPL'd code in Sony's rootkit. Ironically the code in question seems to be VLC's demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM, written by 'DVD' Jon Lech Johansen and Sam Hocevar."
DVD Jon strikes back! (Score:5, Funny)
hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Nice link, guys. (Score:3, Funny)
I'm suprised that the execs at Sony...... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:PS3 vs. XBOX360 (Score:5, Funny)
Dumping PS3 in favour of 360 because you think Sony's evil is kind of similar to dumping Saruman in favour of Sauron.
Personally, I'm rather taken with that nifty new controller they're putting on the Revolution...
Re:Sony isn't the only one to lambaste here (Score:5, Funny)
Sony: "Cool, lets see."
1st4: "Its already on, go ahead try and copy it"
Sony: "Oooooooh, and they won't find it will they?"
1st4: "Never. We are teh elite blackhats."
Sony: "Ok be quiet about that one, when you you be ready to ship?"
Contest (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, too late! Sony already wrote the best story, and it's actually happening before our eyes! Truth is stranger than fiction. And Sony wins many massive lawsuits. Err, I mean they lose them, the prize is they get sued.
Re:PS3 vs. XBOX360 (Score:5, Funny)
Sony.....
Microsoft
Man- this is a tough one.
Oblig Simpsons (Score:5, Funny)
Good news! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A share of profits? (Score:2, Funny)
"Your honor, the actions of the defendant cost my client over 31,423 kegs, 3 cases, 2 20 oz cans, and 1.3 12 oz cans of lost beer. We are requesting monetary compensation of $1,000,000 in order that my client can recreate that stash. We have not asked for damages regarding lost time as we feel that, had my client actually had the aforementioned amount of beer, he likely would have done less work in the interim, not more."
Re:Who guessed it? (Score:1, Funny)
You misspelled "asshats". Hope this helps.
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Thank you, Sony! (Score:5, Funny)
(wait, does it mean MPAA will come after me?)
Soon to come (Score:3, Funny)
* First4internet loses Sony BGM as customer
* First4internet cancels XCP development
* Due to First4Internet's huge liability claims, First4Internet closes its doors
* First4Internet bought by Microsoft
* Profit ?
Ah, but who put it there? (Score:5, Funny)
I assume that some grey, suited MBA type didn't put this code in. A geek did. Following on from that, they are almost certainly slashdot readers....
Does anyone have something they would like to tell us?
Re: Digital Camera Code (Score:5, Funny)
To understand recursion ... (Score:5, Funny)
Sony uses rootkit to enforce DRM which incorporates code to circumflect DRM and thus can sue itself under the DMCA. C'mon! If this gets any more convoluted or self-referential, either the universe will explode (and be replaced with something even more complicated) or Sony will disappear in a puff of logic.
So let me get this straight... (Score:4, Funny)
Tomorrow's headline (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Santa, (Score:4, Funny)
Yours,
Dave Smith
(Aged 34)
Right you lot. I've done my part now it is down to you to ask for enough money to prosecute this imbeciles so that they don't do anything quite so stupid again.
Re:Stranger and stranger (Score:1, Funny)
Dear Mister Language Person: What is the purpose of the apostrophe?
Answer: The apostrophe is used mainly in hand-lettered small business signs to alert the reader than an "S" is coming up at the end of a word, as in: WE DO NOT EXCEPT PERSONAL CHECK'S, or: NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ITEM'S. Another important grammar concept to bear in mind when creating hand- lettered small-business signs is that you should put quotation marks around random words for decoration, as in "TRY" OUR HOT DOG'S, or even TRY "OUR" HOT DOG'S.
-- Dave Barry, "Tips for Writer's"
My god, at this rate SCO code will be found next (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Stranger and stranger (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ah, but who put it there? (Score:2, Funny)
I like wearing stockings...oh shit, am I off topic?
Re:PS3 vs. XBOX360 (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft installed more rootkits: Windows XP.
Re:Slashdot hypocrites? (Score:2, Funny)
If you have no right to make a copy and yet made one anyway, you stole that copy.
In the case of GPL or LGPL'd code, you have no right to make a copy if you don't follow the terms of the license.
Re:My god, at this rate SCO code will be found nex (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Stranger and stranger (Score:2, Funny)
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If you are alleging that Sony knew that the malware contained LGPL code since 1994, please provide a source.
Not trying to nitpick or anything here, but you should check a calendar.
Paging US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Tomorrow's headline (Score:2, Funny)
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