p2p news / p2pnet: Caught red-handed flagrantly abusing the rights of its customers by hiding dangerous DRM spyware on CDs, Sony BMG is now “re-evaluating” its current methods, Thomas Hesse, the head of Sony BMG’s global digital business, has told the BBC.

Apart from the fact the rootkit spyware is installed on the computers without the knowledge or permission of people who’ve bought Sony BMG ‘product,’ it also leaves them open to hackers who could use it to gain control of their systems.

“This whole story has led us to look at the approach we have to take going forward,” says Hesse blandly.

Speaking to the BBC News website, he said all the bad publicity had made it think hard about its approach to stopping people making illegal copies.

“Even if the issue is only a slight one, at Sony BMG we are very clear that any software security issues are taken with the utmost seriousness,” he said.

The issue is hardly “slight” and for Hesse - infamously quoted as saying, “Most people don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?” - to try to off-handedly dismiss it amply proves the company still holds ‘consumers’ in extreme contempt.

Hesse should be fired.

The company is already being sued.

Also read:-
BBC - Sony BMG repents over CD debacle, December 9, 2005
open to hackers - SunnComm DRM on 140 CDs, December 8, 2005

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