RedjackRyan
07-12-2007, 09:54 AM
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is suing the company that developed anti-piracy software (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3i214c26acb62c59b679bbbc3594def806) for its CDs, claiming the technology was defective and cost the record company millions of dollars to settle consumer complaints and government investigations. The software in question is the MediaMax CD protection system, widely derided as a rootkit (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/11/20/084233.shtml?tid=141). Sony BMG is seeking to recover some $12 million in damages from the Phoenix-based technology company, according to court papers filed July 3."