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Sony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases— John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles–no refunds offered (www.playstation.com)
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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I was loosely guessing the year based on memory. But I think it was around then that they tried some music DRM shit that installed a root kit on your PC if you put the disc in it, and it screwed up a ton of computers. Caused major vulnerabilities and backdoors for other virus' and exploits and they got sued and government basically put a stop to their DRM tactics.

Well as I wrote this, I decided to look up exactly when this happened, and I was pretty far off. Time all runs together the older I get. It didn't happen until 2005.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Hey, thanks.

    I didn't remember the exact year of the rootkit incident but I knew it was around the mid-2000s because that's when I coincidentally started to try Linux (and fully switched to it in a year or two) and I would pay attention to this kind of news (I guess they played a role in my commitment to Linux).

    Well, so there might not be something special about 1997 regarding Sony after all... but I agree about Sony being at their peak in the 90s.

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