Comments on: Don’t buy Sony label music!

By: Freshblog

Freshblog — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:25:36 +0000

On the one hand the Labels always say that they missed to get into mp3 and legal downloading. But on the other hand, they do everything that the normal consumer thinks that all labels ignore the customers wishes. they wont sell more music if they all dont change completely.

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:38:22 +0000

I totally agree with you - donÂ´t buy Sony label Music. Customers spend a lot of Money in SonyÂ´s Music Industrie and this is SonyÂ´s answer….

By: Pepa

Pepa — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:55:36 +0000

CD’s should not be copied - no matter what you say to justify why it is being done. Saying it doesn’t hurt anyone is the same as saying my vote doesn’t matter.
You can reply but I won’t be back to check your response.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:02:32 +0000

Another good reason to turn Autoplay off in the registry!

By: Will Sony learn to trust its customers? « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views

Will Sony learn to trust its customers? « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:34:27 +0000

[...] I see that according to USA Today, Sony are going to recall all the music CDs they shipped with the virus enabling software. According to the article, Sony will also offer exchanges for people who bought CDs with the software. [...]

By: Digital dictaphone and mp3 recorder in one « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views

Digital dictaphone and mp3 recorder in one « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:08:37 +0000

[...] Bernie wrote up a review of a new toy he bought for 260 Euro - the Sony ICD-MX20 and it sounds nice; albeit a tad expensive, and a Sony product - two good reasons not to buy it (you never know what virus enabling software Sony might have installed on it!). [...]

By: mish

mish — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:23:48 +0000

Stuff like this actually puts me off buying CDs :/
And that’s from a completist/anal-music-fan who actually really likes to have the artwork and proper CD rather than digital files (even though I probably listen to mp3s much more than i do the actual CDs i buy…) The copy protection on EMI discs is frustrating as hell, in that my laptop drive won’t let me rip them for my MP3 player. This latest Sony effort is just another out of touch way to stop a problem that is, pretty much, unstoppable. I think they need to harness it to their advantage instead of taking this ’stop people making mp3s at all costs’ approach…

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:43:25 +0000

Sure, but I think that was part of hostyle’s point Ed - even if you don’t normally buy CDs, you should buy a couple of Sony ones, and then return them saying they may have infected your computer with a virus and you want your money back.

Handling returns is a very expensive business (I used to work for a reverse logistics company) - this would certainly hit them where it hurts - more especially if it wasn’t CD’s you bought but large TVs, stereos, etc. and said you had heard Sony’s equipment could give your computer a virus (after all, how much more outlandish is that than a Sony CD giving your computer a virus?).

By: Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:33:51 +0000

Ah fellas … who buys CD’s any more ANYWAY? It’s all iTunes this and Yahoo Music that … CD’s are SOO last season

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:11:44 +0000

Completely agree. How they made a mistake like this defies logic.

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:06:21 +0000

Or you could just play them on your CD playerâ€¦

Oh you old folk and your quaint ways…

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:55:35 +0000

Or you could just play them on your CD player…

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:26:00 +0000

You know Hostyle, that’s probably a lot better strategy! Nice one.

By: hostyle

hostyle — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:24:50 +0000

“Bottom line - if you are buying music CDs - check if they have Sony on the label, and if they do, donâ€™t buy them.”

I personally think it would have more effect if you went out and bought them and returned them the next day mumbling something about a virus. That way the retailer also takes a hit and they will also put Sony under pressure.