Sony DRM Debacle Continues: It Installed Even When You Said "NO"

Proving yet again that Sony needs to fire whoever is in charge of their music division, News.Com is reporting that not only would inserting certain CDs into a windows computer install a rootkit (i.e. something to let people check and change the files on your computer across the internet) and spyware (i.e. something to allow Sony to see everything you do on your computer) BUT THEY DID SO EVEN IF YOU DID NOT AGREE TO THEIR LICENSING AGREEMENT. In other words, even if you said NO and agreed not to play the music, they installed their software on your PC. The Texas Attorney General discovered this while investigating Sony for an upcoming lawsuit, as these practices violate Texas anti-spyware laws.

If Sony does not get this under control soon, this kind of negative publicity may steal the thunder of the Playstation 3 launch in the Spring. If so, the Sony stock I bought a few months back may be my biggest loss in the market to date!