Sony Recalls Risky CDs

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Sony Recalls Risky CDs

November 24, 2005 | ISSUE 41•47

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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