I’ve not posted anything regarding the recent discovery of Sony using RootKit technology to hide its DRM on some music CDs since it’s a little out of my usual scope. However, this article from BetaNews talks about how Sony has released an “update” to the DRM software that “unhides” but doesn’t remove the DRM for your computer. I followed the link to the Sony site with the update to find some more information and when I clicked on the link to the update itself I got this:
Well, it seems that only IE users have the ability to get the “solution” to a piece of software that was installed on their computer without their permission. Way to go Sony.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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