Sony / BMG Copy Protected CD
Saturday, December 10, 2005
The notorious Sony/BMG copy-protected CD.Sony's ill-considered decision to put rootkit software as copy-protection on some of its music CDs caused an uproar.
NEW UPDATE:
Sony Repents Over CD Debacle
The head of Sony BMG's global digital business, Thomas Hesse, told the BBC that the company was "re-evaluating" its current methods.
It follows widespread condemnation of the way anti-piracy software on some Sony CDs installs itself on computers.
