Researcher: Sony BMG "rootkit" still widespread

Researcher: Sony BMG "rootkit" still widespread
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-16

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Hundreds of thousands of networks across the globe, including many military and government networks, appear to still contain PCs with the controversial copy-protection software installed by music discs sold by media giant Sony BMG, a security researcher told attendees at the ShmooCon hacking conference this weekend.

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Don't they sell MP3 players too? 2006-06-17
Anonymous

This goes back to when they first tried to stop people from ripping music to MP3s (the one you could defeat with a magic marker). Doesn't Sony sell MP3 players? How can we possibly put the music on the player if we can't rip them to go on the device?

I remember back when cassettes were used for copying and sharing. LPs still got bought and so did cassettes.

Sony is spending more on stopping piracy and settling law suits than if they just didn't put the software on the machine in the first place.

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