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

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, China, artist, telecommunications, Sony Corp., music

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. TAGS: Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, YouTube, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Warner Music Group Corp., News Corp., Google Inc., programming, video

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, CD, copy protection, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, New York, music, security

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, rootkit, anti-spyware, copy protection, security tool, CD, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., technique, software company, Microsoft Windows, security, PC, music

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copy protection, rootkit, production, Sony Corp., CD, malicious code, virus, security, PC

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. TAGS: proposed settlement, rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, copy protection, antipiracy, CD, Sony Corp., agreement, security

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, SunnComm Technologies, uninstaller, copy protection, Sony Corp., CD, rootkit, Texas, attorney, California, security, researcher, music

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, rootkit, digital-rights management, antipiracy, Texas, Sony Corp., entertainment company, Amazon.com Inc., public relations, California, attorney, CD, entertainment

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iTunes, Australia, Apple Computer, song, Sony Corp., music, Apple iPod, video

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. TAGS: First 4 Internet Ltd., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, antivirus company, rootkit, copy protection, F-Secure Corp., antivirus, patch, virus, antipiracy, malicious software, CD, Sony Corp., security

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. TAGS: First 4 Internet Ltd., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, SunnComm Technologies, Bertelsmann Music Group, copy protection, CD, U.S., CEO

This week in security

November 4, 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment got some static over a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, security problem, Black Hat, Cisco IOS, patch management, security, router, copy protection, Cisco Systems Inc., patch, researcher, virus, CD, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

XM settles patent lawsuit with Universal Music

December 18, 2007 Dispute centers on XM's portable "Inno" device, which can store and record music from satellite radio. TAGS: XM Satellite Radio, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., music company, EMI Group Plc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, stock market, satellite radio, radio, satellite, music

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

Sony's CD scheme backfires

November 14, 2005 Do employees who play music CDs with Sony's antipiracy rootkit pose a security risk? TAGS: rootkit, copy protection, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., security risk, CD, antipiracy, virus, security, music, PC

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., rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, uninstaller, copy protection, computer science, flaw, malicious code, security, professor, CD, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

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. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, RealNetworks Inc., Apple Computer, Toshiba, Apple iPod, CD, music player, hard drive, U.S.

New group to standardize digital music data

May 4, 2006 Apple, Microsoft and Sony BMG team with industry leaders to better track digital-music sales and royalties. TAGS: digital music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group Corp., EMI Group Plc., Universal Music Group, content provider, house, consortium, agency, Apple Computer, music, format, Microsoft Corp.
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