Sony has crossed the line. Years ago, they were leading the edge, introducing cutting edge consumer electronics concepts like the WalkMan, the DiscMan, and the MiniDisc. Now they are infecting your computer with a malicious and dangerous digital rights managment (DRM) rootkit that can cause system instability, open your computer up to viruses, spy on you, and impose ridiculous restrictions on what you can do with your own computer.

DRM is bad for people. DRM stops users from enjoying their content and frustrates consumers while doing nothing to stop pirates from stealing and selling their digital wares. DRM is the industries' way of saying you no longer own your content when you buy it, but are merely borrowing it.

He confirmed his belief that illegal digital sharing of movies is taking place, but stressed: "There is some evidence that shows people downloading movies illegally wouldn't have bought them anyway."

Jobs believes the best strategy to deal with such problems is to create better legal alternatives to help keep honest consumers honest, and prevent them getting into the habit of stealing: "Hollywood has some time to put in place legal alternatives," he said.