Via Slashdot: Sony Sues Rootkit Maker

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Sony Sues <http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/07/12/1256258.shtml>  Rootkit
Maker 


Posted by kdawson on Thursday July 12, @09:35AM
from the still-trying-to-recover dept. 

 <http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=233> Sony

flyboy974 writes "Sony BMG Music Entertainment is suing
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3i214c26
acb62c59b679bbbc3594def806>  the company that developed anti-piracy software
for its CDs, claiming the technology was defective and cost the record
company millions of dollars to settle consumer complaints and government
investigations. The software in question is the MediaMax CD protection
system, widely derided
<http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/11/20/084233.shtml?tid=141>  as a rootkit.
Sony BMG is seeking to recover some $12 million in damages from the
Phoenix-based technology company, according to court papers filed July 3." 

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