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November 27, 2006 Hackers aren't the only ones using rootkits. The Sony fiasco brought the toolkits into the mainstream.EMI: We don't use rootkits
November 7, 2005 Record label claims its copy-restriction software can easily be uninstalled and is not hidden like that used by rival Sony.Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?
November 12, 2005 Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs.Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists
November 4, 2005 Security software makers consider adding protection against the cloaking tool in Sony's anticopying technology.U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban
February 20, 2007 Almost 1,500 sign anti-DRM petition, but U.K. officials say the technology, when certain safeguards are observed, still has value.Sony has far to go in rootkit case
December 20, 2006 Label settled with two states but still must negotiate with others for secretly loading antipiracy software onto computers.Sony 'rootkit' prompts office clampdown on CD use
November 14, 2005 IT departments are reacting to a new threat: users bringing CDs to work that can introduce rootkit-like software to their systems.Sony BMG settles rootkit case with 39 states
December 21, 2006 Record label to pay $4.25 million a year after acknowledging that it secretly installed antipiracy software on music CDs.EMI considers opening its DRM to inspection
January 20, 2006 Music industry giant is reviewing request by digital rights group to allow reverse engineering of its DRM software.DRM: Media companies' next flop?
January 30, 2006 Wharton experts examine whether digital rights management is worth the effort and whether it will survive.Sony rootkit victims in every state, researcher says
January 18, 2006 Figures suggest that Florida leads the pack in PCs that have rootkit-like software from Sony's antipiracy tool.Attack targets Sony 'rootkit' fix
November 16, 2005 Security firm reports Web sites intended to exploit a flaw in a Sony program designed to remedy security problems in copy-protected CDs.Siggraph: Taking on fair use, privacy and DRM
August 1, 2006 Sony, the Software Freedom Law Center and others weigh in on digital rights management.Sony settles 'rootkit' class action lawsuit
December 29, 2005 The record label agrees to offer U.S. customers money and free downloads to encourage them to replace CDs that secretly install software.Are these the Sony rootkit CDs?
November 10, 2005 A cyber-rights group identifies 19 Sony CDs that contain a rootkit application that disguises its invasive copy-restriction technology.Sony rootkit settlement gets final nod
May 23, 2006 Record label must stop using controversial anticopying software and compensate customers, settlement says.Week in review: Hackers put heat on security
August 4, 2006 Black Hat attendees probed tech security to see what shakes out, especially from Microsoft trees.
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