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Even if the camera doesn’t do them justice. More pics after the jump:

The Texas AG has just filed suit against Sony:
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Glad to see someone else noticed that what they’ve done is really no different than what virus, spamware and malware writers routinely do (and are prosecuted for).

For all the squawking the recording industry does about copyright infringement, it’s interesting that Sony doesn’t seem to care unless it’s their copyright. Looks like they’re using an LGPL bit of software for which they’ve not abided by the copyright. It’s this kind of hypocrisy that makes my head hurt. Oh, and the rootkit uninstaller [...]

I’m watching “College Gameday” coming from the ‘Bama-LSU game. They start talking about ‘Bama’s chances at the Rose Bowl if they run the table. Mark May thinks they should go since they play in the SEC. Guess he forgot that the SEC is 2-5 against the other BCS conferences. Kirk and Lee just think [...]

Sony’s non-rootkit rootkit is now being used by folk more malicious than Sony to spread a trojan:
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Try this. Make a file with notepad on your desktop called “test.txt” (no quotes). Change that filename to “$sys$text.txt” (again, no quotes). If it disappears, Sony’s screwed you. Raise your hand if you think they’ll keep doing it. [...]

Testify! From 43folders.com, five email tics I’d love for you to lose:

The liberal use of the “VERY HIGH PRIORITY!!!” flag
The 18-line sig about all the Bad Things that will happen to me if I ever reveal the contents of your privileged, confidential (and unencrypted) message
The unrequested press release (and the serial ignoring of the “Unsubscribe” [...]

All the Sony-CD-rootkit-installing business lately has me puzzled at their business model. Let’s piss off people who buy our stuff? I just don’t get who they’re trying to stop with DRM. “It keeps honest users honest” is what you usually hear. Of course, if they’re honest, there’s no need for the DRM. What’s currently rattling [...]