Wired News: Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble
Wired News: Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble
Quote: More than half a million networks, including military and government sites, were likely infected by copy-restriction software distributed by Sony on a handful of its CDs, according to a statistical analysis of domain servers conducted by a well-respected security researcher and confirmed by independent experts Tuesday.
You know, I must admit that I had not even considered the government and military impact of this…
I have a strange feeling that Sony will be going through some interesting times…
I really hope this opens up the eyes of various governmental bodies… Maybe, in a perfect world, we can begin to work on some real solutions to the wider problem.
As much freedom as we have in our society, that freedom is being constantly attacked and eroded. I will grant that copyright and patent holders have rights; but so do average citizens. There has to be a better balance found than exists right now.