Sony BMG in Class Action Law Suit for DRM Rootkit
A class action lawsuit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been filed in California, and more lawsuits are expected as lawyers enter the Sony Rootkit copy protection software fiasco.
The lawsuit claims that Sony BMG’s copy-protection technology, dubbed XCP, for eXtended Copy Protection by its creator, U.K.-based First4Internet, violates two anti-fraud statutes and a third statute that forbids anyone placing spyware on a computer.
Class-action lawsuit requests that Sony be prevented from using XCP and that compensation - to be decided later- be made to all buyers of the protected CDs.
The suit also asks that any Sony profits on CDs sold in California be turned over to the class-action members.
Although Sony has done some minimal damage control - last week it released a patch that revealed the once-hidden files - it continues to refuse comment and makes it extremely difficult to obtain an uninstaller.
Also the patch can crash your computer as demonstrated by Mark Russinovich, the chief technology officer for Wininternals and the first researchers who brought to light the details about Sony’s Rootkit.
Read the full article in Simple Thoughts Blog
Filed under Class Action, General Law
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November 19th, 2005 at 10:30 pm
At least two class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of Sony BMG Music Entertainment customers who were infected with the First 4 Internet Rootkit. Users who were infected do not have to wait for a class action to make its way through the courts, they can sue on their own in Small Claims Court.
November 25th, 2005 at 1:50 pm
I would like to be apart of this class action law suit.
December 30th, 2005 at 11:39 pm
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