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Yahoo! China sued by record labels
News The IFPI represents more than a thousand members including record labels such as EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music. China over alleged music piracy. China spokesman told Reuters: "Yahoo China respects intellectual property rights and... [07 Mar 2007]
'Abandon DRM' shocker: Apple CEO pens open letter
News A Sony BMG representative had no immediate comment on Jobs' letter, and representatives for Warner Music and Universal could not be reached for comment. The simplest answer is because DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy. [07 Feb 2007]
Music industry takes aim at LimeWire
News A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin Records and Warner Bros Records, have accused LimeWire and the company's officers of copyright infringement, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Friday in US District Court in New York. [07 Aug 2006]
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 action picked up last autumn when security... [23 May 2006]
Microsoft fixes smorgasbord of IE flaws
News The browser security update also tackles part of the fallout from Sony BMG Music Entertainment's rootkit debacle. The software was designed to defuse the issues with an anti-piracy tool but was found to have security problems of its own. [14 Dec 2005]
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 announced on Tuesday that a new risk had been found with a batch of 27 of its CDs, which... [09 Dec 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 of the record label's CDs. [07 Dec 2005]
Aussies trash Kazaa in court
News Major record labels Universal Music Australia, EMI, the merged Sony/BMG, Warner, Festival Mushroom and 25 additional applicants are suing Sharman Networks and associated parties - including Brilliant Digital Entertainment (BDE), Altnet, Sharman... [29 Nov 2004]
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 to deter unauthorised copying. [06 Oct 2004]
Bertelsmann launches 'anti-piracy' CDs in Germany
News Bertelsmann BMG is currently understood to be in discussion with Sony regarding a possible merger. Bertelsmann BMG, the world's fifth-largest record label, is to offer different types of CD formatting in a bid to increase sales in an ailing record... [05 Jul 2004]
MusicNet and Pressplay have sympathy for the devil
News Pressplay announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with BMG and said it is close to reaching an agreement with Warner Music Group. Pressplay CEO Michael Babel said in a statement that the deal with BMG is "another important step forward" for... [16 Oct 2002]
ISPs sued over Napster-like site access
News The copyright infringement suit was filed in Manhattan federal court by music industry giants BMG, Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers, and demands that the ISPs block access to Listen4ever.com. According to the Recording Industry Association of... [19 Aug 2002]
