In Which The Man Gets Us Down.

Jared in Japan points out some good reasons to stop buying Sony products. Particularly interesting is the bit about DRM:

Sound bad yet? Well, that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. Because a new story out yesterday revealed that Sony has surreptiously laced music CDs distributed through their Sony EMI Label with a “rootkit” or a series of files that will install on a users PC without their knowledge, and which will lock the CD to that one player, will not allow the CD to be ripped to a universal MP3 format, will not allow the music to be transferred among the different devices a user might own, and will definitely not cooperate with Apple’s iPod. And if you try to disable or uninstall the software without instruction from the Sony or the company responsible for creating the software, then you run the risk of causing irreversible and irrepairable harm to your PC.

He's got a couple of interesting links for your further enlightenment.

A word to the wise music consumer: If you find yourself in possession of a CD that asks you to agree to some fine print the first time you put it into your computer, take it back to the store.

Labels distributed by Sony include: (BMG) Arista Records, BMG Classics, BMG Heritage, BMG International Companies, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, LaFace Records, Legacy Recordings, Provident Music Group, RCA Records, RCA Victor Group, RLG - Nashville, Sony Classical, Sony Music International, Sony Music Nashville, Sony Wonder, Sony Urban Music, So So Def Records, Verity Records; (EMI) Angel Records, Astralwerks, Back Porch Records, Blue Note Records, Caroline Records, Caroline Distribution, Capitol Records US, Capitol Records Nashville, Chordant Distribution Group, CyberOctave Music, EMI Latin, EMI Christian Music Group, EMI Music Publishing Nashville, Forefront Records, Higher Octave Music, Manhattan Records, Narada, OmTown Music, Priority Records, Real World US, Shakti Records, Sparrow Records, Virgin Records America.