Sony and digital rights management

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

The article goes into a lot of nerd detail but the specifics aren't the thing to focus on. The important thing is that the process was (and had to be) so specific and drawn out. It seems like the thing that would drive people to downloading, not out of spite, but for system security. You all should read it.