[SGVLUG] Sony rootkit

Robert mrflash818 at geophile.net
Wed Nov 16 12:13:55 PST 2005


Greets,

Also, if you now reside in another country, than US laws would also no
longer apply?


>> -----Original Message-----
>> Behalf Of Dustin
>> ---------
>>
>> Here are a few articles about the Sony Rootkit. [...]
> The EULA is almost worse than the rootkit.  From
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php:
>
> [...]
>    3. If you move out of the country, you have to delete all your music.
> The EULA specifically forbids "export" outside the country where you
> reside.
> [...]
>
> OK, this may seem to be a bit of a devil's advocate response, but if you
> moved "out of the country", you would now RESIDE in that country [i.e.,
> you'd be FORCED to IMPORT the material -- you could not "leave" it at your
> former home...]
>


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Robert Leyva
mrflash818 at geophile.net




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