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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 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 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 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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Homeland Security official suggests outlawing rootkits
February 17, 2006
With mishaps like the Sony BMG fiasco, outlawing rootkits might be the way to go, a Homeland Security official suggests.
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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 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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Pink 4.5
Play some of P!nk's greatest hit songs directly from your phone! Watch all the latest P!nk videos from inside the application!See comments from...
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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.
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'Bots' for Sony CD software spotted online
November 10, 2005
Trojan horses use controversial tool from copy-protected albums to hide on hard drives and take over computers.
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Week in review: Sony's sour note
November 18, 2005
Sony BMG finds itself singing the blues this week, after copy protection on many of its CDs struck a sour note on fans' PCs.
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EMI offers music catalog to Mashboxx
July 28, 2006
Yet-to-launch legal P2P network hopes to succeed with label-supported version of traditional file-sharing model.
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Rootkit numbers rocketing up, McAfee says
April 17, 2006
Security company sees a 700 percent rise in software used to cloak code, whether Trojan horses or commercial programs.
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David Cook's "Light On" Lighter 1.0
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Seeking changes to the DMCA
March 31, 2006
Controversial law hinders warnings to consumers on matters like Sony rootkits, security researchers say.
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Kelly Clarkson Open Mic 1.2
Kelly Clarkson Open Mic is the 1st singing game for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Compete for the highest score on five songs from All I Ever Wanted....
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