Looks like someone at Sony was feeling a little pressure. http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/11/03/HNsonypatch_1.html?source=NLC-TB2005-11-03 On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 01:00 -0700, Dragos Neagu wrote: > On 11/1/05, Alan Dayley wrote: > > http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html > > > > It's long but impressive both in the knowledge of the guy writing it and > > the results he found. > > I read it earlier today as well, and I have to agree with you on that. > (*hearts rss*) When I sent the link to a friend, it was 404'd though. > > > Food for thought. DRM: Exactly whose rights does it benefit? > > [rant]greedy media execs, the scurge of society, who refuse to > progress and tie a ball and chain to everyone.[/rant] > I found it funny about 2 weeks ago that Steve Jobs was saying that > record labels wanted to jack up prices (they already take ~60% of a > sale!), and almost a day or two later Microsoft ended talks with them > over large licensing fees. I think that media and IT companies will > continue to butt heads in the future. > > On a side note, I came across some nice linux htpc tutorials which > eventally brought me to mythtv. They look really nice, and some have > setup xbox front ends/clients (something useful if i get a new > console) Anyone have a mythtv setup? How do you like it? > -- > -Dragos Neagu <>< > "If I have been able to see farther, it was only because I stood on > the shoulders of giants." - Sir Isaac Newton > "Open source is like science, closed source is like witchcraft" - Linus Torvalds > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss