Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Follow-up on the HDD problems...

[Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com>]

Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 23 December 2006 10:23, Chris Walters wrote:
>   
>> Some of you may remember the problem I was having with my SATA II HDD in
>> Windows XP (but not in Linux).  To recap:  My drive got switched from
>> UDMA mode to PIO mode in Windows (only).  I ended up having to reinstall
>> Windows.
>>
>> After some careful investigation, I found that the problem was caused by
>> the copy protection of a game - Superpower 2.  Worse, the problem was
>> not corrected when I removed the game.  It took either a full reinstall
>> of the OS, or a restoration of the windows registry from before I
>> installed the game to fix this problem.
>>
>> I know that this will not affect dedicated Linux users, but it can
>> affect those of you who use both windows and Linux.
>>     
>
> I've never heard of such a case before!  I can't even begin to understand why 
> copy protection will screw up an OS' settings.  Have you complained to the 
> game's suppliers?  Following Sony's screw-up with their copy protection 
> trojan it may be time to start asking for compensation from all game coders 
> out there who take liberties with your OS (even if half the problem may well 
> lie with the particular OS?).
>
>   
Actually I've read about such cases before:


http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Sony_faces_class_action_lawsuits_for_DRM

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Best regards,
Daniel


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