Many of you may have read by now Sony's irresponsible foray into DMR (Digital Rights Management).  I discovered this article by reading Scott Golightly's blog the other day, but didn't actually delve into reading it until today.  Scott mentions an article written by Mark Russinovich of SysInternals wherein he discovered a RootKit (an application that hide various parts of your computer such as files, system objects, registry keys).  Mark did some fantastic detective work (which is fully outlined in the article) and discovered the source of the problem being a CD manufactured by Sony.

I agree with Scott that Sony (or anyone else) are well within their rights to protect their property, be it music, software, etc, but taking that a step further and subversively installing software on a machine that masks itself, continually consumes resources, and hides other files, directories, and devices is plain wrong.  This is what spyware and malware do in an attempt to hide their presence.  Sony has way overstepped its bounds with this one.

I'm definitely gonna have to keep my eye out when purchasing a CD (or other form of media) that is labeled as copy protected.  I'll have to seriously consider ever making that purchase.