Maybe what we need are basic rights?

So after all the Sony DRM / Rootkit snafu, maybe it's time to create a law that protects specific rights a consumer should have.

If I can choose the first item on that list, I believe it should be:

• Any program that alters the state of a machine and that isn't an operating system should contain either an uninstallation program or should document all the changes it applies to your system

This would at least give a little bit of transparency to the installation process. I don't think this would be too complicated because if you are installating it, you should be able to at the very least document it.