In this age of electronic enlightenment, it is all too common for the roaming cyber-surfer to obtain music in a way the music industry disapproves of. It would behoove a company with serious interests in CD sales to find a way to sell CDs. One popular suggestion is to include something extra with the purchase of a legitimate CD. Leave it to the electronics giant Sony to do just that. Unfortunately Sony's strategy was not met with good favor. This is entirely understandable, considering Sony's little promotional bowtie, "XCP", was actually spyware encoded into its music CD's that made the user's computer vulnerable to hackers. Is this how the modern corporation gains our trust? Spyware are the diseased vermin of Cyberspace. Created to infect and transmit information, they are let loose to lie dormant while transmitting your data throughout the globe. Sony thinks an attack on your personal computer is acceptable if it saves them the projected revenue that would be lost if you were to commit your music to your computer. You need not share the music; the threat is enough justification for Sony to assault your security. Now I do not support downloading music through peer to peer sharing programs, but I do support a person's right to use a CD he purchases and listen to it on his computer. Sony has admitted no wrongdoing. To further aggravate customers, Sony has not vowed to abandon the practice! There is a movement right now to boycott Sony until they agree to abandon this cloak and dagger assault on the security of our homes. As more of Sony's corruption is brought to light, the movement grows stronger.