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Sony recalls millions of copy-protected CDs
News Record label Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Tuesday that it will recall millions of CDs that, if played in a consumer's PC, will expose the computer to serious security risks. Sony... [16 Nov 2005]
Sony unearths new copy-protection threat
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) digital rights group jointly announced Tuesday that they had found, and fixed, a new computer security risk associated with some... [07 Dec 2005]
Sony CD saga: Alert over new security risk
News Computer researchers uncovered a new security risk on Friday related to Sony BMG Music Entertainment copy-protected CDs, which could expose several hundred computers to attack. The... [21 Nov 2005]
Sony to cough up DRM damages
News Sony BMG has struck a deal with the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit over copy-restriction software it used in music CDs, according to a settlement document filed at a New York court... [03 Jan 2006]
Microsoft targets Sony copy-protection tool
News The Redmond, Washington, software maker has determined that the "rootkit" piece of the XCP software on some Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs can pose a security risk to Windows PCs, according to a... [14 Nov 2005]
Sony's DRM woes grow as hackers say hello
News Sony BMG took another blow on Wednesday, when a security company said it has found malicious attacks based on software designed to defuse the record label's "rootkit" problems. Websense's security labs... [17 Nov 2005]
Sony DRM settlement passes final legal hurdle
News A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a endgame in a class action suit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment over anti-piracy software the company had embedded in some music CDs. The court... [23 May 2006]
More flaws: Sony's latest patch comes unstuck
News Sony BMG is replacing a patch for its CD copy protection software after Princeton University researchers found a security flaw in the update. Sony's ongoing troubles... [09 Dec 2005]
Sony's DRM settlement gets legal thumbs-up
News A New York judge has given a preliminary approval to the settlement of consumers' lawsuits against Sony BMG Music Entertainment, according to an Associated Press report. The suits were filed after the... [09 Jan 2006]
Music industry ditches hardcore copyright for 'free love' tunes
News Record companies in Europe, however, still seems to be worried about the prospect - Bertelsmann BMG, the world's fifth-largest record label, recently launched CDs in three formats including luxury and no-frills version... [06 Oct 2004]
Sony USB device harbouring "nasty" rootkit
News The criticism is reminiscent of that directed at Sony BMG Music Entertainment in November 2005, when a programmer revealed that a technique designed to cloak the company's... [03 Sep 2007]
Hacker hidey-hole found in Symantec product
News Symantec's alert has echoes of Sony BMG Music Entertainment's recent PC security fiasco. Symantec credits Mark Russinovich, the Sysinternals researcher who also investigated the Sony... [12 Jan 2006]
Anti-spyware group agrees detection guidelines
News The guidelines should also make it clearer when companies cross the line of what's acceptable and legal and what's not when it comes to downloads, as Sony BMG did recently with its "rootkit" programs,... [13 Jan 2006]
EMI invests to protect digital downloads
News In April, EMI teamed up with BMG, part of media colossus Bertelsmann, and Warner Bros, part of AOL Time Warner, in a venture called MusicNet to develop digital music platforms. The other two major labels -... [05 Jun 2001]
MP3.com faces massive copyright law suit
News The RIAA represents the rights of 90 per cent of all music produced in the US, with members including BMG, EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner Music. MP3.com counters the allegations of copyright... [24 Jan 2000]
