[funsec] Newsflash: Sony to stop making protected CDs

[Florian Weimer]

* Blanchard Michael:

>  so does their patch remove the crap for those unfortunately enough to put
> the CD in their computers?  Or is Sony simply leaving those people hanging
> out in the breeze with the Sony Root Kit installed forever...

Uhm, as far as I understand the situation, the affected CDs are still
on the shelves.  IOW, Sony doesn't even prevent new infections, so
it's unlikely they care *that* much about old ones.