When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.

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[–] ByroTriz@lemmy.ml 255 points 1 year ago (18 children)

The marvels of intellectual property

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 182 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Remember when they started infecting people's computers with rootkits?

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 75 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've avoided Sony products as best I can since then. I'm probably not aware of the full suite of Sony-owned brands and companies, but rootkit made it so I haven't had a piece of Sony branded merchandise in almost 20 years.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here! It's absolutely bonkers to me that everyone was just OK with that.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can younplease explain to me what happened. I haven't heard about this one

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

thanks

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