Sony in deep kimchee over DRM rootkit

ALCEI files suit against Sony in Italy

Italian police say Sony violated Italian law, criminal charges likely

Class action lawsuit filed in California

Department of Homeland Security slams Sony

I wanted to raise one point of caution as we go forward, because we are also responsible for maintaining the security of the information infrastructure of the United States and making sure peoples' [and] businesses' computers are secure.  ... There's been a lot of publicity recently about tactics used in pursuing protection for music and DVD CDs in which questions have been raised about whether the protection measures install hidden files on peoples' computers that even the system administrators can’t find."

In a remark clearly aimed directly at Sony and other labels, Stewart continued: "It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer.  And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to adopt in these days.

Comment seen in various places:  "This actually isn't about stopping people from copying Sony CDs.  It's about stopping them from copying the music to an iPod."

What the hell for, Sony?  If someone buys a CD and dumps it to their iPod, they still bought the CD, didn't they?  What do you care how they listen to it?  Far better they play it on an iPod than that they not buy it, surely.

Oh my ......

I just had a very odd idea that just might open a few people's eyes:  A Magic-style collectible card game of American politics.  You wouldn't have to make up anything.  There'd be a footnote on each card for every dirty campaign trick listing a few people who used it, and for every self-serving bill listing who submitted it.  There'd be cards like "Investigate Yourself:  No opposing player can launch an investigation against you while this card is in play."

I need to run this past the Looney Labs guy.