[d@DCC] SONY'S CD ROOTKIT - Is clamed to infring LGPL copyright.

[Jem]

> I have seen this claim in a few places now. Don't you think that the
> RCMP  might want to talk to SONY, assuming that rootkit was distributed
> in Canada?  Stauitary damages are several thousand dollars a copy are
> they not?

Sigh, I wish "consumers" (citizens) were brighter. I often wonder how 
different circumstances would be if people, when encountering a product or 
service that didn't sit well with them, just walked away.

A lot of people seem to think they have to put up with things they dislike. 
Such as, sure, Sony has overstepped their bounds but many of the artists I 
love are on their label. Or: audio CDs are overpriced, but I love these 
artists. An intelligent person has to say, "to hell with the artist and to 
hell with the label. I'll buy the product only if it meets my demands".

Kids and teens seem especially weak in this respect. They feel they have to 
buy what is hot.