Sony Anti-customer Technology Roundup and Time-line

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Cory Doctorow: Sony Anti-customer Technology Roundup and Time-line, Boing Boing November 25, 2005

Good wrap-up of the events and fallout surrounding the Sony rootkit (don't forget to check out part 2 and part 3). It is worth noting, again, that the Sony debacle is just the tip of the iceberg. Other companies are working on similar technology, and a Sony rootkit-style computing environment is what publishers and some DRM-advocates are seeking to achieve. More...