Dear co-operating techs,

EFF is looking for a talented Windows admin or hacker to assist an
outside law firm with some research into Sony's SecuROM v.7 DRM system.

It is known that SecuROM refuses to operate with some anti-virus
software installed (or, at least, some modes of operation for some
anti-virus software), and that it blacklists some CD burning software.
The research would involve figuring out precisely what AV software
SecuROM prevent users from running, and whether it blacklists any CD
tools that are not explicitly piratical.

Information about any situations where SecuROM hooks actually break
other software would be extremely interesting, although we have not seen
any likely reports of this occurring at present.

A second question is related the complexity of uninstalling SecuROM.
What barriers does SecuROM place to uninstallation?

Lastly, any information about vulnerabilities caused by the presence of
SecuROM on a system would be extremely interesting.

If you are interested, please contact Peter Eckersley at pde@eff.org.