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Originally Posted by HarryT
If I licenced a 3rd party DRM package for use on my software CDs in good faith, who would you blame if the DRM messed up your computer? Me, or the company who produced the DRM software?
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Good faith is the key word here.
The problem is, that I *personally* do not think they acted in good faith. My judgment is partially based on:
- a very arrogant first response of Sony BMG's Global Digital Business President Thomas Hesse,
- their trying to cover up after they were informed about the problem (weeks before the scandal broke out),
- the fact that their rootkit remover did not remove their installation
- the fact they also used other, highly dubious "protecton" for their CDs
- the fact that they never properly apologized
- general longtime experience with Sony
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Originally Posted by HarryT
One may disagree with their decision to impose DRM on music CDs (I certainly don't think it's a good idea)
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I personally do not think that DRM is a good thing. Look what it did to Windows Vista.
I do think, however, that they do have right to use whatever super draconian protection scheme they wish on their music CDs, as long as they do not endanger innocent bystanders, and as long as their DRM protected CDs are clearly marked as such.
Users, on the other hand, have right not to buy such CDs.
I think that DRM crippled media should be clearly marked the way the cigarettes are marked here in the EU by a big, bold text stating something like this:
"This media is protected by DRM technology [insert name here] and you might be unable to use it in certain players/circumstances"