For those who were following this DRM debacle:
SONY SETTLES ROOTKIT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
From www.senseient.com
On December 29th, it was announced that Sony BMG had reached a deal with the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit over copy-restriction software it used in music CDs. Sony has agreed to compensate buyers of CDs that contained the XCP and MediaMax DRM programs and to provide software utilities to allow consumers to uninstall both types of software from their computer. The outcry over the software began in October when a programmer discovered that XCP software on a Sony music CD had installed copy-restriction software on his computer that was hidden using a rootkit. Antivirus companies later discovered Trojan horses that exploited this software to avoid detection and found that another type of Sony DRM, MediaMax, also posed a security risk. In the settlement filing, Sony states that it will immediately recall all XCP CDs and replace them with non-content-protected CDs. Customers who exchange their XCP CD can either download three albums from a list of over 200 titles, or claim a cash payment of $7.50 and a free download of one album. To claim this compensation, customers must return their XCP CDs to Sony or provide the company with a receipt showing they returned or exchanged the CD at a retailer after November 14th. The settlement filing is awaiting approval by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The proposed settlement may be found at http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/sonysettleme23423423434nt.pdf You are currently subscribed to MCN-L, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (www.mcn.edu). To post messages to this list, send emails to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to mcn-unsubscr...@lists.mediatrope.com with any message. If you are receiving messages as they are posted and wish to change to daily digest format, send an email to listser...@lists.mediatrope.com with "SET mcn-l DIGEST" in the BODY of the message. If you are receiving messages in the daily digest format and wish to recieve them as they are posted, send an email to listser...@lists.mediatrope.com with "SET mcn-l MAIL"
