How Sony became an ugly sister sony Since this is the time of the year for pantomime, how about one for a corporate audience? It's called Sony and the Rootkit and it's a true story. It tells of how a once-great electronics company fell in with bad company, did some stupid things, was found out by a plucky band of bloggers and now is being pursued through the US courts by some avenging lawyers. How Sony became an ugly sister http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1669722,00.html
it is sad to see a truely great company like Sony, which has made some fantastic electronic products, make a big mistake like this. All I can say is that I'm glad Sony has realized their mistake and dropped XCP DRM from their CDs, but the damage has already been done...
