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[kenco]

"But Hesse refused to speculate on whether Sony BMG would abandon efforts to put antipiracy software on its music CDs.

Beyond being a public relations nightmare for Sony BMG, these episodes have underscored how difficult it is for the recording industry to halt rampant piracy of recorded music. Other major music companies are working on their own solutions. EMI Group, which produces discs by such acts as the Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz , and Snoop Dogg, uses software from Macrovision Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., to block piracy.

But two other major labels, Warner Music and Universal Music, have so far refrained from using similar software. A spokesman for Universal, Peter LoFrumento, said his firm is open to the idea. But Universal won't use any antipiracy products that make it harder for customers to enjoy music.

''It can't in any way hurt the user experience," LoFrumento said.

Alex Stamos said that making reliable antipiracy software is tough because such programs are designed to interfere with the normal operation of other software on computers.

''That will never be reliable," said Stamos, ''and it will be very, very difficult to make secure.""

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/12/08/new_security_flaw_vexes_sony_bmg_pirac...

[GCRox99]

mariomax:
You said:
Kevin and sony/bmg have a great bond in their working relationship, this accentuated at the point of the fall out of f4 and Kevin coming over, you see, Kevin championed copy-protection and he championed mediamax, in sony's view, Kevin was correct and helped design a GREAT product! Now, Kevin is looking to turn his VISION into reality and this vision is VERY CLEAR TO SONY, which is commited to protect lost money from piracy.
Now todays article quotes Thomas Hesse as saying:

Hesse said the company is rethinking its antipiracy policies.

''We need to reevaluate where we go with CD content protection overall," said Hesse. ''I think we have definitely learned many lessons from this episode." But Hesse refused to speculate on whether Sony BMG would abandon efforts to put antipiracy software on its music CDs.

Doesn't look like Song Bmg is very clear on continuing copy protection at all!

You also said:
They are subjectively against our fix, no one else including the EFF is complaining about the "fix". We will however fix the "fix" just for EVERYONES satisfaction.

Now today Thomas Hesse said:
Thomas Hesse, president of Sony BMG's global digital business unit, said that his company's experts were working to verify Halderman's claim, and would issue a modified patch if necessary.

EFF states on their website:

Sony BMG Update: Yesterday's patch, released by Sony BMG to address a security vulnerabily in SunnComm MediaMax version 5 software found on certain Sony BMG CDs, is not recommended at this time. Dec 7, 2005

Is there a problem with the fix or what? Doesn't the company know?