Whoa. This is NOT acceptable. The explanation is a bit tech-arcane, but 
very detailed.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
Date: 	Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:24:32 -0500



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


Short version, in order to protect their intellectual property 
copy-protected Sony music CDs install copy protection on your computer. 
This includes something called a "root kit". For those of you who don't 
know, this is very bad juju. System instability etc. is the least of the 
problems. Sadly, the kit they install is not even a competently 
constructed one.

I for one will not be buying anything from them until this is pubically 
resolved. I've sent them an email asking WTF. I'll let you know if they 
say anything worth hearing.