On 11/14/05, Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 13:48 -0500, Steven Buehler wrote:
> > Was only a matter of time...there is now a virus in the wild that
> > accesses a system via Sony's DRM rootkit.
> >
> > http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/10/technology/sony_spyware.reut/index.htm
> >
>
> More interesting and funny in the light of this discussion is the link
> at the bottom of the page:
>
> Sony becomes part of the Linux alliance --
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/10/technology/linux.reut/index.htm
>
>
> --snip--
>
> IBM, Sony, Philips form Linux alliance
>
> The Open Invention Network (OIN), as the new firm unveiled Thursday is
> known, could mark a breakthrough in resolving how to protect vendors and
> customers from patent royalty disputes resulting from freely shared
> Linux code.
>
> --/snip--
>
>
> Which ties our new found DRM friend to the linux world. :^)
>
>
Even more ironic is the fact that they're finding strings and variable names
from lame in this DRM code. If they're actually from lame, it means in
addition to everything else, Sony may be in violation of the GPL.
Tyler
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