Saturday, November 19, 2005
Sony's Rootkit CD Buyback
I don't know if this warrants a new blog, but the other Sony blog is dated for the 16th. This piece of news has occurred on the 18th.
Sony is moving fast (as they should be) in their CD buyback program. They have partnered with Amazon and UPS (apparently) to buy back your CD's. Amazon purchasers have been getting an email from Amanzon with this incredible offer to buy back their CD.
I'm really not impressed at the overall tone of the exchange program page. The title says it all: "Welcome to the Sony BMG XCP Exchange program" it says, in big blue bold letters. "Why thank you," I'd probably say in a cheerful voice.
But they're not apologetic. Nothing on that page says they are. They're probably saying, "shit, I've got to slap on a fake smile while I spend millions to shut you whiners up." Hell, they're a big company; they have the clout to throw their weight around.
This page has an interesting statement, "you will have the option of selecting whether you would like to receive MP3 files of the title(s) in addition to your replacement CD(s)."
Huh? .... *REALLY* Well then Mr. Sony, load 'em up, pleaze. DRM-protected MP3's? I know of no such types. Maybe 64kbit versions (for faster internet downloads, they might say) of lower audio quality? Hmmmmm. We'll have to see how this plays out.
Sony is moving fast (as they should be) in their CD buyback program. They have partnered with Amazon and UPS (apparently) to buy back your CD's. Amazon purchasers have been getting an email from Amanzon with this incredible offer to buy back their CD.
I'm really not impressed at the overall tone of the exchange program page. The title says it all: "Welcome to the Sony BMG XCP Exchange program" it says, in big blue bold letters. "Why thank you," I'd probably say in a cheerful voice.
But they're not apologetic. Nothing on that page says they are. They're probably saying, "shit, I've got to slap on a fake smile while I spend millions to shut you whiners up." Hell, they're a big company; they have the clout to throw their weight around.
This page has an interesting statement, "you will have the option of selecting whether you would like to receive MP3 files of the title(s) in addition to your replacement CD(s)."
Huh? .... *REALLY* Well then Mr. Sony, load 'em up, pleaze. DRM-protected MP3's? I know of no such types. Maybe 64kbit versions (for faster internet downloads, they might say) of lower audio quality? Hmmmmm. We'll have to see how this plays out.
# posted by Lumkichi @ 7:00 AM 
