Sony Recalls Risky CDs

American Voices • products • technology • business • ISSUE 41•47 • Nov 24, 2005

Sony was forced to recall 4.7 million CDs this month because the copyright-protection software embedded on the discs left computers prone to hacker attacks. What do you think?

“This won't be the first time I got a virus from that Sarah McLachlan.”
Cameron Feng –
Electrician
“I've been downloading bootleg MP3s for nearly three years and the first CD I buy fucks up my computer?”
Jesse Glass –
Machinist
“I've always known that one day, Sony's unblinking commitment to artist's rights would come back to bite them in the ass.”
Sonja Kelly –
Custom Tailor

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