August 25th, 2007
In 2005 Sony suffered a tremendous debacle over installing rootkits onto people’s Windows computers causing severe compromises to security and even damaging said computers. Judging by Sony’s handling of the situation I doubted they learned anything from their experience.
It would seem I was right. According to Engaget, Sony is at it again. This time it […]
March 26th, 2006
NewsForge has a good opinion piece titled RIAA: Who are the pirates? Free and uncut! that is well worth the read.
From the article:
“It seems to me that every few days there is yet another article on the Web about the recording companies’ attempts to bring rampant pirates to justice. I think the RIAA’s idea of […]
March 26th, 2006
A great video over at ZDNet explains why DRM is a load of C.R.A.P.
I fully agree with most of what Mr Berlind is saying but I think he places the blame at the end of the video in the wrong area. He states we should boycott media players due to DRM but the problem really […]
November 16th, 2005
Last week I talked about Sony’s rootkit maleware and how to prevent yourself from becoming infected with it. Since then good things have happened in light of the situation.
Lawsuits!
Last thursday Sony earned a class action lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
In California, the class action suit alleges that Sony’s DRM has caused harm to […]
November 9th, 2005
Since early 2005 Sony/BMG has been implementing a form of software called a “RootKit” in order to hide their DRM software that is included with their copy protected music CDs. The Rootkit, made by the UK company First 4 Internet, is poorly written, consumes resources, extremely difficult to remove (as all rootkits are), compromises your […]
May 30th, 2005
The Luminous Landscape has an interesting article written by an attorney named Andrew J. Roman on the issue of encrypting raw file data. The article takes a look at the legal ramifications of doing so as it relates to Canadian law.
By now most readers are familiar with what is currently the most important issue facing […]
May 27th, 2005
A new article has been posted on the Luminous Landscape titled “The Raw Flaw” (also published on this site) that takes a look at the issues with raw file longevity and calls the camera manufacturers into action demanding that they either openly document their raw formats or adopt an open standard such as DNG.
I fully […]
April 27th, 2005
In light of all the hoopra over the Nikon WB encryption Luminous Landscape forum member DiaAzul (David Plummer) wrote a light-hearted and humorous story on the subject based on the Star Wars saga.
Photoshop news has the full thing posted on their site or you can visit the original thread and read some additional commentary.
May the […]
April 10th, 2005
I’m not a huge fan of product activation although I fully understand the reasoning behind it. On one hand I support it as it is effective at reducing petty theft but on the other hand it can lead to some issues worth debate. What if, for example, many years down the road you have to […]
March 21st, 2005
I’m going to keep this short and sweet as I’m still quite bitter about my most recent expereince with Best Buy.
I had recently bought a game from them called Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30. I read some reviews and heard it was a very excellent game. Wanting to enjoy it, I whent out […]