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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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YouTube cuts three content deals
October 9, 2006
Universal, Sony BMG and CBS have joined Warner in offering the legal use of their content for YouTube videos.
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Sony BMG pushing mobile music in China
April 4, 2007
Record label strikes deal with a content aggregator to distribute downloads on mobile devices where 85 percent of recordings are illegal.
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Sony halts production of 'rootkit' CDs
November 11, 2005
Decision to suspend manufacture of music CDs with the copy-protection tool comes after viruses exploited the technology.
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Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'
November 13, 2005
Security tools will detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when music CDs are played.
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Sony to patch copy-protected CD
November 2, 2005
Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch.
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Sony settles with FTC in rootkit case
January 30, 2007
Proposed agreement includes barring Sony BMG from installing copy protection software on CDs without users' consent.
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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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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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Sony BMG faces the music
November 30, 2005
Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why legal woes are mounting for the record label over its CD fiasco.
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iTunes store comes to Australia
October 25, 2005
Apple opens up its online music venue for buyers Down Under, but don't go looking for tunes from Sony BMG.
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New CD copy-lock technology nears market
December 16, 2004
Sony BMG Music Entertainment likely to release experimental CDs with new form of copy-protection early next year.
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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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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's CD scheme backfires
November 14, 2005
Do employees who play music CDs with Sony's antipiracy rootkit pose a security risk?
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This week in security
November 4, 2005
Sony BMG Music Entertainment got some static over a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs.
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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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CD on one side, DVD on the other
August 25, 2004
With DualDisc, which has CD on one side and DVD on the other, record labels hope to counteract sliding sales.
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This week in the music industry
December 9, 2005
Just when you thought Sony BMG had put its security problems behind it, the company finds a new risk with some of its CDs.
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This week in music news
December 17, 2004
Sony BMG Music Entertainment plans to release experimental CDs with a new form of copy-protection early next year.
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