Shame on you, Sony!

Related links

• Mark's Sysinternals Blog takes the rootkit apart for analysis
• DRM Crippled CD: A bizarre tale in 4 parts
• The Register has two related articles: Removing the DRM kills Windows and Sony to offer patch for 'rootkit' DRM

Read this now. Sony, I'm so disappointed in your underhanded tactics. If I weren't already dependent on some of your products (especially my PS2), I would join the boycott against you. Part of me wonders if this was just a publicity stunt to take away the oomph from your competitors. It is Microsoft's month of major software releases (Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, Windows Vista Beta 2) and the big release of the XBox 360 (already going for $1000+ preorder on eBay)... not to mention that Apple released their video iPod last month and they're one of your biggest challengers in the online entertainment arena. Only days after this became news, you happily released info on what you did so that you can look like it was in our best interests. Come on, not only is the software sloppy, but the artists didn't even know about this being done to their album and they don't approve of it now that they do know.