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  • Sony BMG to settle class-action lawsuit
    Thursday 29 December 2005 – 10:32
    Lawyers in a class action lawsuit filed against Sony BMG, First 4 Internet and SunnComm last month have submitted a preliminary settlement, which calls for Sony to stop manufacturing CDs with XCP and MediaMax DRM, provide replacement discs, and make cash payments to affected customers.
  • Researcher: Sony BMG "rootkit" still widespread
    Monday 23 January 2006 – 11:29
    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.
  • Sony To Buy Bertelsmann's Sony BMG Stake For $900 Million
    Wednesday 6 August 2008 – 11:10 in Business
    Bertelsmann will sell its 50% stake in Sony BMG to Sony in a $900 million deal, the companies announced Tuesday, giving the Japanese company full ownership of the joint venture whose roster of artists include Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis.
  • Analysis: Sony BMG copy protection may be stealthy, but is it a "rootkit?"
    Friday 4 November 2005 – 12:23
    A noted security software engineer learned that a well-used copy protection scheme employed by Sony BMG on its audio CDs, uses stealth protection techniques to evade user detection. Maybe that's bad, but how bad is it, really?
  • Yahoo and Sony BMG pair up in online video deal
    Wednesday 21 November 2007 – 10:14 in Networking
    Yahoo today announced that it has reached a deal with Sony BMG music to allow users to essentially have free use of tracks under the record label.

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  • Sony BMG's DRM provider does not rule out future use of stealth*
    Friday 4 November 2005 – 11:27
    In an exclusive interview with TG Daily, the CEO of the company that produces copy protection software for music publisher Sony BMG denies allegations that this software is a rootkit, though acknowledges it uses some of the same stealth means. They won't be used again, he says, but stealth itself cannot be ruled out.

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