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So - more on this Sony/SunnComm DRM crap. The lists with the 52 titles containing the XCP rootkit have been circulated a lot and it looks like Sony will replace those CDs with unaffected versions.
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_bmg_has_ju.html
But, the SunComm stuff is on sooooo many more CDs - it appears the best way to find out if a title you own is infected is to go to the sunncomm site - click on the thing that says "CD in question" and scroll.
http://www.sunncomm.com/support/askthetech.asp
So, I knew "Songs from the Brown Hotel" tried to install something funky on my computer, but on that list I have also purchased Kings of Leon "Aha Shake Heartbreak" (which I love), My Morning Jacket "It Still Moves," Outkast "Speakerboxx" and Sloan "The A Sides Win" (a gift for my nephew).
I am hoping the copies of all of these were bought before the tech was in place. In the case of MMJ and Outkast I am positive I purchased regular CDs since both of those discs are a few years old. I think I beat the DRM on the Kings of Leon CD as well since I purchased it before the summer. I hope. EEP. I did not have trouble ripping it. I have no idea if the Sloan disc I bought was affected - I'm gonna have to go and look at The Boy's computer and see. He didn't tell me he had any problem getting it on his iPod, but he is 16 - he doesn't tell me much.
Looks like I am gonna be concentrating on my used CD purchases from now on. Which is fine by me - I'd rather support my local independent record store than Sony, anyway.
Also? Before I forget:
Things I did not purchase from Sony Today:
I need a DVD-burner and I needed one yesterday. For example - I have these master vid avi files that are 3 and 4 gigs each. I'd like to have backups because, well - harddrives can die and then that is that - you are screwed. Today I went to Best Buy with this in mind and I most certainly did not buy a Sony DVD-burner. I will continue not buying the Sony brand for now and forever (even though before this mess? That is the one I would get).
While I was at Best Buy I decided to just go ahead and get their $20 due South Season 3/4 since it'll be after Christmas before I get around to ordering the S4 Canadian release and I just want to have it already. I told myself that I don't need the matching case/art and I snagged a copy and started walking toward the door and I realized that, yes. Yes I do need my DVD artwork to match and if I know it is out there and I don't have it then I will be sad. So I am forgoing the instant gratification route in favor of aesthetics. This is like that one time I gave a copy of Cats Cradle away because it didn't match the other Vonnegut books.
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_bmg_has_ju.html
But, the SunComm stuff is on sooooo many more CDs - it appears the best way to find out if a title you own is infected is to go to the sunncomm site - click on the thing that says "CD in question" and scroll.
http://www.sunncomm.com/support/askthetech.asp
So, I knew "Songs from the Brown Hotel" tried to install something funky on my computer, but on that list I have also purchased Kings of Leon "Aha Shake Heartbreak" (which I love), My Morning Jacket "It Still Moves," Outkast "Speakerboxx" and Sloan "The A Sides Win" (a gift for my nephew).
I am hoping the copies of all of these were bought before the tech was in place. In the case of MMJ and Outkast I am positive I purchased regular CDs since both of those discs are a few years old. I think I beat the DRM on the Kings of Leon CD as well since I purchased it before the summer. I hope. EEP. I did not have trouble ripping it. I have no idea if the Sloan disc I bought was affected - I'm gonna have to go and look at The Boy's computer and see. He didn't tell me he had any problem getting it on his iPod, but he is 16 - he doesn't tell me much.
Looks like I am gonna be concentrating on my used CD purchases from now on. Which is fine by me - I'd rather support my local independent record store than Sony, anyway.
Also? Before I forget:
Things I did not purchase from Sony Today:
I need a DVD-burner and I needed one yesterday. For example - I have these master vid avi files that are 3 and 4 gigs each. I'd like to have backups because, well - harddrives can die and then that is that - you are screwed. Today I went to Best Buy with this in mind and I most certainly did not buy a Sony DVD-burner. I will continue not buying the Sony brand for now and forever (even though before this mess? That is the one I would get).
While I was at Best Buy I decided to just go ahead and get their $20 due South Season 3/4 since it'll be after Christmas before I get around to ordering the S4 Canadian release and I just want to have it already. I told myself that I don't need the matching case/art and I snagged a copy and started walking toward the door and I realized that, yes. Yes I do need my DVD artwork to match and if I know it is out there and I don't have it then I will be sad. So I am forgoing the instant gratification route in favor of aesthetics. This is like that one time I gave a copy of Cats Cradle away because it didn't match the other Vonnegut books.
