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Date: Fri Nov 11 19:07:39 2005 From: toddtowles at brookshires.com (Todd Towles) Subject: the "Sony/BMG" virus > *WHAT* danger? I mean, there's that button they clicked, the > one that said 'I accept, even though there's no hint that > this includes a colon cleansing with a scrub brush made from > a week-old roadkill porcupine'. > > Look around - there's no danger that a large corporation will > feel any liability for anything perpetrated by its software. > Only people who have to worry are places that employ less > than 100 people to write malicious software. Are you quoting Sony's legal position from a policy somewhere? ;) They went down the wrong road. Adware and spyware vendors will start to use this added cloaking feature to their advantage, I would guess. Plus almost every bot that is made will most likely see if this code is there (instead of using their own code) and use it as a standard check. Stupid Sony.. -Todd
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