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Sony BMG Settles Over CD DRM

Posted by samzenpus on from the sorry-about-that dept.

aurispector writes "Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $1.5 million and kick in thousands more in customer refunds to settle lawsuits brought by California and Texas over music CDs that installed a hidden anti-piracy program on consumers' computers. The settlements, announced Tuesday, cover lawsuits over CDs loaded with one of two types of copy-protection software — known as MediaMax or XCP. Although it's great to see this as a victory for consumers, I can't help but wonder about the next wave of DRM schemes."

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  1. You are still a bunch of no good thieves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You are still a bunch of no good thieves

  2. Mod parent up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Electronic Warfare / Electronic Terrorism - what else do you call something that compromises 1,000s of government computers, business systems, and home computers?
    The rootkit trojan fiasco deserved a military response.

    If the source of this digital infection was a certain middle east Muslim country,
    the Bush administration would have been tripping over itself to start another attack.

  3. Re:Just boycott these companies. by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I was boycotting Sony until they released the best rear-projection TV on the market. What can I say? Should I watch substandard TV just to make a point?

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    Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.