The “Break it Down” Blog

Nice, after root kits, SXRD green-blob issues, class action lawsuits, flopped PS3 launches I thought Sony had learned it’s lesson… looks like while the electronics division might have, the MPAA-ensconced portion of Sony hasn’t.

Looks like some new DRM going out on the DVD releases of some newer movies is making the movies unplayable in some DVD players… Sony’s response? Guess… just guess… done guessing? Here I’ll paraphrase it:

Sucks to be you, the manufacturers should update their players. Go piss into the wind somewhere.

So maybe you have a DVD player that doesn’t accept firmware updates, or is older… well Sony thinks you should toss it out the window. Great.

More information about the issue on Amazon comment’s as it’s not being covered by mainstream yet (although Slashdot picked it up)