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  Just one guy, 7 Nov 2005 @ 11:18am

  
  

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  Yes! Italy rules!!!!
  
  http://www.alcei.org/index.php/archives/105
  
  The first lawsuit comes from ALCEI, the Italian chapter of EFF. It is not a lawsuit, in that it does not ask for a sentence.
  
  Rather, it is an official complaint to the Guardia di Finanza (Italian fiscal police force, the competent police for fraud complaints) about Sonu's behavior (regarding the CD “Get right with the man” by Van Zant), objecting to Sony's attitude of taking the law in their own hand ("si fa arbitrariamente ragione da sé medesimo") by "altering, modifying or deleting a software program", or by "preventing or disturbing the working of a computer system".
  
  ALCEI is asking for formal investigation, asking the Guardia di Finanza to identify whose is the actual author of such DRM system, who decided on its specific working mechanism, who decided on its diffusion mechanism, whether it is also available and present in products on sales in Italy, whether other companies are using such mechanism, whether any offence has been committed in Italy or by individuals operating in Italy.
  
  Just one guy (proud, once in a while, of being Italian)
  
  
  

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    giafly, 7 Nov 2005 @ 1:03pm

    
    

    Translated link from Just one guy

    abuse of DRM from part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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  Happy user, 7 Nov 2005 @ 12:21pm

  
  

  users who are uninstalling the rootkit may be brea

  "users who are uninstalling the rootkit may be breaking the DMCA"
  
  What came first, the chicken or the egg? I believe that in this scenario, most everyone knows the answer to this age-old question.

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    Joe Patriot, 7 Nov 2005 @ 12:36pm

    
    

    Re: users who are uninstalling the rootkit may be

    "users who are uninstalling the rootkit may be breaking the DMCA"
    
    That boils my blood. IP has gotten so absolutely crazy as to render common sence insignificant. If Sont installs malware on a system unbeknownst to the operator, that's a crime.

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      Rikko, 7 Nov 2005 @ 12:56pm

      
      

      Re: users who are uninstalling the rootkit may be

      Somebody needs to write a worm that'll exploit the rootkit and DESTROY people's PCs. None of this benign worm shit, people need to realize the implications of this. A few thousand people losing their hard drives will send that message.

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  giafly, 7 Nov 2005 @ 12:57pm

  
  

  Pirates are Safe

  "With any luck, and I can't believe I am saying this, an ambulance chasing scumbag lawyer will take this up and sue Sony into the ground for stupidity on this level. There has to be some letter of the law that was violated as arrogantly as purchaser's rights are ... If there was ever a good argument for piracy, to me, this is it." - The Inquirer
  

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  Anonymous Coward, 7 Nov 2005 @ 1:54pm

  
  

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  It's true that the only people that really profit from class action suits are the lawyers. Each individual will get a negligible amount.
  
  But that's not the point. What matters is not who profits from the suit, but who pays. The point is to penalize Sony to the degree that they don't do this anymore. It needs to be demonstrated that this sort of malicious DRM isn't profitable. A large financial judgement against Sony might help, and serve as an example for others.
  
  

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  Mark Lyon, 20 Nov 2005 @ 7:14am

  
  

  SonySuit.com tracks Sony XCP Class Action Lawsuits

  SonySuit.com has information about the class action lawsuits that have been filed, as well as information on how individuals who don't wish to wait on a class action can sue Sony in their local Small Claims Court.

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