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Sony Settlement Start of DRM Protection Act?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-ought-to-get-interesting dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sony BMG and a group of class action lawyers have reached a provisional settlement in the U.S. Sony rootkit class actions. Sony will pay cash compensation and give away free downloads from a choice of music download services including Apple iTunes as part of the deal. The settlement includes a host of restrictions on future Sony DRM use, which Michael Geist argues provides the starting point for a future Digital Rights Management Protection Act."

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  1. More information available at SonySuit.com by marklyon · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is much more information available at SonySuit.com, including information on how you can pursue your own litigation against Sony BMG.

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    -- Mark Lyon http://www.marklyon.org
  2. Outraged? File for exclusion from the settlement! by MacDork · · Score: 5, Informative
    How many retards out there won't get the incremental-cost-to-sony "free" downloads or rebates? How many people will stop buying their stuff? None. Its a trial balloon - and Sony now knows what the market will bear.

    I wouldn't call them retards. I'd say uninformed... anyway the key is on page 17 of the settlement.

    D. Defendants' Limited Right To Withdraw From Settlement
    Defendants have the right to withdraw from the settlement, if the number of timely and valid requests for exclusion from the Settlement Class exceeds 1,000.

    1000 requests for exclusion is a pretty low bar guys. If only those qualified reading slashdot filed for exclusion, you could pull this off. Sony should be in a lot deeper shit that this settlement provides. Filing a request for exclusion from the settlement class should send a message to these people... I'm as mad as Hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! If the settlement is approved by the court, everyone here should file for exclusion. Don't let them get away with a slap on the wrist this time. I personally would not be happy until someone responsible for this at Sony was facing criminal charges.