RIAA President: Sony Has Acted Very Responsibly

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

I think Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) President Cary Sherman must have his head buried in the sand, as he seems to feel the actions of Sony BMG in the (what can only be termed) XCP fiasco have been “very responsible.” He made this statement in a university press round table discussion.

“The problem with the SonyBMG situation is that the technology they used contained a security vulnerability of which they were unaware. They have apologized for their mistake, ceased manufacture of CDs with that technology,and pulled CDs with that technology from store shelves. Seems very responsible to me. How many times that software applications created the same problem? Lots. I wonder whether they’ve taken as aggressive steps as SonyBMG has when those vulnerabilities were discovered, or did they just post a patch on the Internet?”

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