Tag: drm
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Throwback Thursday: Inside Sony’s rootkit
This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back ten years, when the discovery of a rootkit ignited a firestorm of criticism for Sony. Rootkits are common among modern malware, and it seems hard to believe that ten years ago they were a little known phenomenon — that was until the discovery of the Sony rootkit…
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Sony sues maker of MediaMax DRM system
CD protection developer accused of damaging Sony name. Sony BMG , the division of the Sony group embroiled in a long-running scandal after releasing a number of CDs using suspect techniques to implement anti-piracy protection, has brought a damages case against the firm it hired to develop some of the software involved. The CD protection…