http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2005/54 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 02:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2005/54#comment-26 houblog.com » Blog Archive » Microsoft to Sony: I’ll get you, and your little DRM virus-enabler, too!! Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:11:46 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=54#comment-26 [...] Sony realizes just how stupid its attempt to control their property rights (and sabotage a competitor’s game?) by sabotaging customer’s computers (and maybe a competitor’s game) is. Microsoft chimes in. Sony BMG’s patch does not remove the program, which installs itself on a Windows-operated personal computer when consumers want to play certain Sony BMG music CDs. According to programmers it still leaves a security hole. [...] [...] Sony realizes just how stupid its attempt to control their property rights (and sabotage a competitor’s game?) by sabotaging customer’s computers (and maybe a competitor’s game) is. Microsoft chimes in. Sony BMG’s patch does not remove the program, which installs itself on a Windows-operated personal computer when consumers want to play certain Sony BMG music CDs. According to programmers it still leaves a security hole. [...]

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