Sony bought in the tech unwittingly, and now got caught with its pants down.
Surely First4Internet are going to lose Sonys business for being SOOOOO slack?
Here is the link:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-11-18T013522Z_01_MCC805647_RTRIDST_0_TECH-SONYBMG-OPENSOURCE-DC.XML
I guess protecting their intellectual property is more important than respecting others.
How ironic!

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