This makes the Sony rootkit look nice: Starforce threatens to sue blogger

[Kellanved]

A company that was criticized on Boing Boing has threatened to sue me, and claims to have sworn out a complaint against me with the FBI.

Yesterday, I posted about StarForce, a harmful technology used by game companies to restrict their customers' freedom. StarForce attempts to stop game customers from copying their property, but it has the side-effects of destabilizing and crashing the computers on which it is installed.

Someone identifying himself as "Dennis Zhidkov, PR-manager, StarForce Inc." contacted me this morning and threatened to sue me, and told me that he had contacted the FBI to complain about my "harassment."

If you're looking for reasons to boycott StarForce-crippled games (besides the obvious ones), you might add their use of bullying legal threats to your list.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/31/starforce_threatens_.html


Why is it that companies feel the urge to screw the honest costumers ? They are even paying money for it (and thus the customers).

[Omphaloskepsis]

1. Cory Doctorow is a big name.. (in that world (tech+blog))

I'm sure the EFF is already on this. If Sony has buckled I doubt these guys are willing to put up much of a fight.