Date: 05/23/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: software

Customers who bought Sony CDs with XCP copy control software (rootkit) are set to get refunds as a result of the consolidated class action settlement. Sony was sued in three separate class action lawsuits, which were consolidated into Monday’s settlement. The suits were launched in November 2005, soon after computer science researchers disclosed that Sony’s XCP [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sony-rootkit-class-action-lawsuit-settled/