Sony Recalls CD's

[LaurieBlue]

http://tinyurl.com/77m3z
 
November 16, 2005
CD's Recalled for Posing Risk to PC's
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
 
The global music giant Sony BMG yesterday announced plans to recall millions of CD's by at least 20 artists - from the crooners CelineDion and Neil Diamond to the country-rock act Van Zant - because they
contain copy restriction software that poses risks to the computers of consumers.
 
The move, more commonly associated with collapsing baby strollers, exploding batteries, or cars with faulty brakes, is expected to cost the company tens of millions of dollars. Sony BMG said that all CD's containing the software would be removed from retail outlets and that exchanges would be offered to consumers who had bought any of them.
 
A toll-free number and e-mail message inquiry system will also be set up on the Sony BMG Web site, sonybmg.com.
 
"We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause our customers," the company said in a letter that it said it would post on its Web site, "and are committed to making this situation right." Neither representatives of Sony BMG nor the British company First 4 Internet, which developed the copy protection software, would comment further.
 
Sony BMG estimated last week that about five million discs - some 49 different titles - had been shipped with the problematic software, and about two million had been sold.
 
..... more at http://tinyurl.com/77m3z

[LaurieBlue]

Now..further information and comments/blogging is available at

http://www.idiotabroad.com/2005/11/cds-affected-by-the-sony-bmg-spyware/

Part of what is stated:

Based on feedback from various users, the list has been updated to reflect that the three artists crossed out above, do NOT in fact contain rootkit DRM (though they do contain DRM of some form). My researched went across multiple sources, such as fansites, forums, and Amazon feedback.

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This list includes Z.  

Good points offered in the full article.

[rob]

Z has the Sunncomm software and not the XCP......so it's not being recalled (yet).......however, some people are calling for a recall of all the CDs infested with Sunncomm as well.....so it still may be........hopefully, cuz' I'd definitely like a copy-protection-free version of Z.........not even because I want to copy it, but just because I'd like a brand new copy.  ;D