Quotes by Mark Russinovich

“This is a good first step, but Sony has a ways to go to make things right for the consumer.”

“I think they should have done it right away,”

“This is a step they should have taken immediately.”

“Its extremely disturbing and unsettling that Sony has taken digital rights management to this level of deceit.”

“It definitely hit a nerve with a lot of people, ... I think part of it is the encroachment on our everyday lives, people being afraid that were losing our right to privacy, our right to control our own property.”

“I know this is the last copy-protected CD I will buy,”

“Were still in this new digital era where the entertainment industry wants to protect ... their content, without due consideration of the consumers right to use that content in a fair way. We need to have an open discussion as to where we should draw the line.”

“While I believe in the media industrys right to use copy protection mechanisms to prevent illegal copying, I dont think that weve found the right balance of fair use and copy protection yet. This is a clear case of Sony taking [digital rights management] too far.”

“That quote nicely summarizes the problem,”

“Theyre not saying music should be free, theyre saying companies should not be able to install something on your computer that youre unaware of and that you have no way of uninstalling,”