[TAG] Open Source doesn't mean "steal me!" (SONY)

[Kat Tanaka]

Naughty, naughty SONY. Compounding their rootkit 
gaffe, this news:

http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39154379,00.htm

"Controversial copy-protection code used by music publisher Sony BMG on 
CDs appears to have tapped an open-source project, raising questions about 
copyright, software experts said on Friday."

"The XCP program will installs itself on Windows-operated personal 
computers when consumers want to play 49 title CDs from Sony BMG. The 
program forces consumers to use a music player that comes with the 
program.

"This music player contains components from an open-source project, an MP3 
player called Lame, it has emerged."



Oh, SONY. Big corporation stealing from (the) Lame. Tsk!


kat
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