Like we needed another reason to hate Sony

The EFF have sent an open letter re: this whole SONY/BMG rootkit fiasco.

EFF:

We look forward to hearing that you are in the process of implementing these measures by 9:00am PST on Friday, November 18, 2005.

It’s mildly interesting watching an industry die.

Proximate posts in the Blog collection
Newer	You look like...	15 November 2005
Newer	MJR RSS	15 November 2005
This post	Like we needed another reason to hate Sony	15 November 2005
Older	>hostname taxreturn.local	13 November 2005
Older	Challenge Club CD Release	11 November 2005

Proximate posts in the General collection
Newer	You look like...	15 November 2005
Newer	MJR RSS	15 November 2005
This post	Like we needed another reason to hate Sony	15 November 2005
Older	>hostname taxreturn.local	13 November 2005
Older	Challenge Club CD Release	11 November 2005

Posts by platform by year, 1999–2026
	Blog	Facebook	Twitter	Tumblr	Instagram	Path	Vimeo	Strava	Mastodon	Bookwyrm	total

total	519	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	569	2259	74	12172
1999	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
2000	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
2001	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
2002	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23
2003	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35
2004	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	85
2005	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2006	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
2007	72	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
2008	33	546	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	748
2009	10	407	744	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1161
2010	6	195	352	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	556
2011	4	383	290	8	20	–	–	–	–	–	705
2012	–	372	254	124	19	16	1	–	–	–	786
2013	–	165	512	196	–	–	3	–	–	–	876
2014	–	73	670	270	–	–	–	6	–	–	1019
2015	–	74	889	554	–	–	11	2	–	–	1530
2016	–	55	12	389	1	–	3	–	–	–	460
2017	–	–	–	429	47	–	5	7	–	–	488
2018	–	–	–	414	45	–	–	7	123	–	589
2019	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	210	–	211
2020	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	452	–	457
2021	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	8	404	–	419
2022	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	422	–	427
2023	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	48	214	13	276
2024	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167	205	33	405
2025	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	222	154	22	400
2026	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	96	75	6	178
total	519	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	569	2259	74	12172