Rattle wrote:

Sony has gone very far over the line here. I will happily join in the chorus of people screaming lawsuit. Letting this one go would establish the premise that it's acceptable for the media industry to violate your property in order to protect theirs. That approach can only lead to worse problems.

In the State of Alabama, a man's tree is worth $500. If your tree is hanging over my house, and I chop it down to prevent it from falling on my house, even though it may very obviously be dangerously close to falling at any minute, I owe you $500. Sony has effectively stated that they are chopping down the trees to protect thier houses. Moreover, I believe this constitutes an intrusion upon the computing assets of the users, who would do well to hire a computer security consultant and lawyer, starting yesterday and file suit today.

With any luck, someone high up will get the ax -- Sony is a Japanese corporation, and this is a most dishonorable action by them. Do yourself and your neighbors a favor -- find a Japanese student, and get them to translate a letter for you to Sony Japan and inform them of this problem and specifically use word the word "dishonor" or the phrase "without honor". It will drive the message home much faster than prosetylizing in this country will.

RE: Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far