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Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?

November 12, 2005 Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs. TAGS: rootkit, digital-rights management, copy protection, Sony Corp., nightmare, CD, security

Security A to Z: Rootkits

November 27, 2006 Hackers aren't the only ones using rootkits. The Sony fiasco brought the toolkits into the mainstream. TAGS: rootkit, digital-rights management, Sony Corp., trojan horse, security, CD, PC

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. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., First 4 Internet Ltd., rootkit, Universal Music Group, digital-rights management, spokesman, Sony Corp., CD

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. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, rootkit, Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., Sony Corp., digital-rights management, antipiracy, antivirus company, antivirus, consultant, security company, malicious software, security, malware, spyware, operating system

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. TAGS: Richard Starnes, rootkit, malicious software, policy, audio CD, Sony Corp., CD, digital-rights management, bank, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, digital-rights management, antipiracy, rootkit, Texas, entertainment company, California, Sony Corp., attorney, entertainment, Amazon.com Inc., CD

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. TAGS: Websense Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, rootkit, computer science, flaw, Sony Corp., uninstall, copy protection, uninstaller, malicious code, digital-rights management, professor, security, Web browser, Firefox, CD

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. TAGS: class action lawsuit, class action, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, album, settlement, rootkit, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, CD, New York

DRM: Media companies' next flop?

January 30, 2006 Wharton experts examine whether digital rights management is worth the effort and whether it will survive. TAGS: digital-rights management, restriction, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, digital content, rootkit, professor, Sony Corp., entertainment, music, CD, TV, PC

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, digital-rights management, state, rootkit, antipiracy, Massachusetts, Texas, Sony Corp., agreement, California, CD

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. TAGS: digital-rights management, petition, U.K., copyright law, restriction, Steve Jobs, government, rootkit, Sony Corp., CD

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. TAGS: rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, DNS, digital-rights management, Sony Corp., Florida, researcher, server, security, PC

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. TAGS: EPIC, rootkit, digital-rights management, Sony Corp., CD

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. TAGS: digital-rights management, interoperability, attendee, argument, rootkit, Sony Corp., conference, Apple iTunes, DVD

Sony rootkit settlement gets final nod

May 23, 2006 Record label must stop using controversial anticopying software and compensate customers, settlement says. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, rootkit, class action, copy protection, digital-rights management, New York, Sony Corp., CD, security

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. TAGS: Week in review, Black Hat, hacker, conference, Steve Jobs, rootkit, France, Apple Computer, digital-rights management, security, VoIP, Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc., Sony Corp., battery, Microsoft Corp.
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