“The Register” just posted a great list of questions that have been raised since the release of the Sony DRM rootkit, as it starts to cover some of possible unintentional conciquences:
From “Sony fiasco: More questions that Answers“:
* How many corporate, government, military, and scientific organizations will ban the use of any Sony CD now on any machine connected to their networks?
* How long until those bans extend to any copy-protected CD made by any music company?
* How long until those bans extend to any music CD, period?
* How many corporate, government, military, and scientific networks have been compromised by the Sony rootkit?
* Have any security breaches occurred on a corporate, government, military, and scientific network due to the Sony rootkit?
* What actions will Sony face as a result of any security breaches?
* How would those corporate, government, and scientific organizations have reacted if a group hostile to American interests had engaged in the same security violations practiced by Sony?
Rest of the list…