Crap.. not a fan of Sony. At all. Any company that would install rootkit software on their customers systems in the name of copy restrictions is definitely not one to be trusted. Their hardware lock-in attempts with ATRAC on music players, memory sticks instead of industry-standard flash formats like SD cards, etc., etc. I also classify as anti-social behavior.
Kind of ironic for the company that invented the original Walkman brand to have become such a barrier to innovation. I was a fan of the company back when the engineers were in control of it. The modern Sony.. not so much.