Sunday, November 20, 2005

RIAA President on Sony's Rootkit: "So What? Everybody Protects CDs."

Via Groklaw.

You know how I've been saying that we need to look beyond just Sony and focus instead on DRM? Here's why: take a look at this transcript of an online chat with Cary Sherman, President of the RIAA. He doesn't see what the fuss is about. Everyone protects CDs, he says. Sony said it was sorry for the security problem, so we should all just move on.

The entertainment industry's reaction to Sony's rootkit tells us we'd be wise to look more deeply into what they are doing with DRM. It clearly isn't just Sony.

Read more here.

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