California Class Action Suit Sony Over Rootkit DRM 508
carre4 writes "Lawyers in California have filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony and a second one may be filed today in New York. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 1 in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles by Vernon, CA attorney Alan Himmelfarb. It asks the court to prevent Sony from selling additional CDs protected by the anti-piracy software, and seeks monetary damages for California consumers who purchased them. The suit alleges that Sony's software violates at least three California statutes, including the "Consumer Legal Remedies Act," which governs unfair and/or deceptive trade acts; and the "Consumer Protection against Computer Spyware Act," which prohibits -- among other things -- software that takes control over the user's computer or misrepresents the user's ability or right to uninstall the program. The suit also alleges that Sony's actions violate the California Unfair Competition law,
which allows public prosecutors and private citizens to file lawsuits
to protect businesses and consumers from unfair business practices. EFF has released a list of rootkit affected CD's and Slashdot user xtracto also has a list."
Hell yeah! (Score:3, Funny)
woohoo (Score:1, Funny)
no problem sony! (Score:5, Funny)
Now they done it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hell yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
Not that there's anything wrong with that. (=
Well, how's this for irony? (Score:3, Funny)
Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times
Hrmmm....
Did you look at the list of "protected" CDs? (Score:5, Funny)
If you were really serious about XCP as a means to prevent illicit copying, in order to protect your revenue, how about applying it to music that people would want to download?
Re:Hell yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times (Columbia)
Van Zant, Get Right with the Man (Columbia)
Switchfoot, Nothing is Sound (Columbia)
The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)
Acceptance, Phantoms (Columbia)
Horace Silver Quintet, Silver's Blue (Epic Legacy)
Dexter Gordon, Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia Legacy)
The Bad Plus, Suspicious Activity (Columbia)
almost like they are an extra subliminal warning, given the extra Sony "Bonus" that awaits on the CD.
For Everything Else There's... (Score:5, Funny)
- Patch to water-down DRM rootkit: $5,000,000
- Top notch lawyers to sue pirates: $100,000,000
- Being sued by the only legitimate users you have: Priceless.
There are some thought processes money can't buy. For everything else there's MasterTard (tm).
Correction: (Score:5, Funny)
Sony lost a sale (Score:1, Funny)
- Enough of this legal bullshit, what I buy is mine and I do whatever I want with it. Sony pisses me off.
- Sony quality, or the lack of, sucks.
I, for one, welcome our Chinese non-DRM bulk stuff overlords. With this DRM sillyness they're not only destroying the slim chance of me buying CD's, but all their hardware sales as well. Continue like this and you won't be missed.
Re:Nice list of CDs.. (Score:2, Funny)
Suspicious Activity (Score:3, Funny)
And they really mean it!
Be rest assured Sony, that I will NEVER buy one of your invasive CDs.
Re:I actually bought one of these... (Score:5, Funny)
Funny, same thing happens when my wife plays the Celine Dion CD. But I think in my case, the horrible racket is the intended output.
Re:I understand the first two... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I understand the first two... (Score:4, Funny)
I believe the term is "exculpatory", and the way my legal environment professor explained it was this: "If clauses like that worked, we'd all be driving around with signs on the front of our cars that say, 'Not responsible if I hit you'." (IANAL, of course.)
So what your telling me is that my bumper sticker that says "If you can read this I'm about to lock my brakes" won't shield me from legal liability?
God damn it!
Re:I understand the first two... (Score:3, Funny)
Sony not found for comments... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I understand the first two... (Score:2, Funny)
"Such splendid use of the word "CAPITALism" =)"
But what Sony has done might be called CRAPitalism.
Re:Serves them right (Score:3, Funny)
"Most girls don't even know what date rape is, so why should they care about it?"
Re:By the way, here's another interesting tidbit.. (Score:3, Funny)
I hate to do it, but I may have to issue the ultimatum "Do not buy a Playstation 3, because I will be forced to break up with you if you do."
Re:I understand the first two... (Score:5, Funny)
(e) IF YOU HAVE READ THIS FAR THEN YOUR EYES PROBABLY HURT. ALL CAPS, WHAT WERE WE THINKING? HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER OCULAR MALADY.
They have the balls I didn't.
A Lawsuit? (Score:2, Funny)
Let's use it against them! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All Right Class... (Score:3, Funny)