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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.
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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.
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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.
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DRM: Media companies' next flop?
January 30, 2006
Wharton experts examine whether digital rights management is worth the effort and whether it will survive.
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Sony rootkit settlement gets final nod
May 23, 2006
Record label must stop using controversial anticopying software and compensate customers, settlement says.
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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.
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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.
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Sony CD protection sparks security concerns
November 1, 2005
Anticopying tools used by SonyBMG could be adapted by virus writers, researchers say.
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