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Old 19th December 2005   #12
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Yes indeed, this is a great sounding rock record. BUT PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS ONE OF THE SONY CDs THAT HAS THAT GODDAMM ROOT KIT PROGRAM ON THE CD THAT WILL INSTALL ITSELF ON YOUR COMPUTER, ATTEMPT TO PHONE HOME TO A SONY WEB SITE, AND DISABLE YOUR CD DRIVE IF YOU TRY TO UNINSTALL IT!

Sony has recalled all of these due to a slew of lawsuits and really bad PR. If you have this CD, go to the Sony web site and check the ID number printed on your CD case against the ID numbers listed on the site. If the numbers match DO NOT put this CD in your computer! (It's safe to put it in a CD player).

The Sony site will print out a UPS tag that you can use to send it back to them at their cost. As an aside, I have heard stories of folks using these UPS tags to send all kinds of nasty smelly things to Sony....

I'm not trying to turn this into a "we hate Sony" thread. There is a whole 'nuther thread on this topic over at PSW (and there may be one here too already).

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