DRM

Sony is the latest media production company that gets into a big mess with their anti-piracy software. The damn thing acts like, and has been classified as, a spyware; it crashes systems; it makes systems venerable to malicious attacks; the list just go on and on. As a result, it works! No one would want to buy a Sony disc in fear of this piece of software. With no disc in computers, there is no copying. This is the problem with these companies—they do not see changes in front of them. Their problem is not with privacy but the new mode of distribution. Instead of trying to find a new business model for this new mode, they try to limit it to the old modes on which they have been working. They are destined to fail. No piece of software is uncrackable, so even if the DRM Sony uses were not such a mess, it would be cracked in months. All the pirates will then be able to copy the discs to their hearts' content. At that point, the only copy that a common user would want is the pirated one because there is no spyware on it. So, who are they trying to stop, themselves?