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EFF Pushes Consumers to Claim Rootkit Compensation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you're-on-my-list-sony dept.

An anonymous reader writes "'It's time for music fans who bought Sony BMG CDs loaded with harmful XCP or MediaMax copy protection to claim their settlement benefits', says the EFF's Derek Slater in an awareness campaign that is urging those inflicted with one of Sony BMG's rootkit infected CDs to collect what is due to them. The compensation is a DRM-free version of the original CD, $7.50, and album downloads from iTunes, Sony Connect, and others."

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  1. Re:Apologize by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Informative
    Companies who pull this shit need to be punished. Badly.
    Yeah, they need to be barred from doing business for a period of time, and have their board of directors and CxOs jailed.
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