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Such a shame Sony pirated their artwork. Also, such a shame the article introduces Sony as "the company who created Audio CDs which installed a rootkit on Wind
by kenkam 14y ago
Such a shame Sony pirated their artwork.
Also, such a shame the article introduces Sony as "the company who created Audio CDs which installed a rootkit on Windows computer to try to stop people copying music", as if Sony needed introduction, especially for people that read the KDE blog.
Maybe it would have been more effective to point them out in a matter-of-fact way, tell them to stop or to comply with the licence, and move on. It would certainly come across as more mature, more about problem solving, and less about name bashing.
I appreciate though it is hard to keep a level headed tone if it were to happen to me..., but there's no harm in trying!
- hkmurakami 14y agoI thought the quote was appropriate in providing the context in which the irony of Sony's copyright violation in question has taken place.
- mpyne 14y agoIt's not an "article", it's a KDE deveoper's personal blog. The "blogs.kde.org" I would have hoped gave that away.
- abrahamsen 14y agoI thought at first it was a positive introduction: "the company who created Audio CDs".
- onemorepassword 14y agoAlso known as the last honest and not deliberately crippled or degraded product to come out of the music industry.
- shrikant 14y agoOnly till they realised CD rippers exist, and CD-RWs became popular and affordable. Then came the DRM and rootkits.