Digital Rights Management

 CA Here's the first question and response found here (PDF): 1. Copyright Law and Technical Protection Measures: Do you agree that we need legislation to protect Canadian firms from harmful technologies like the Sony-BMG rootkit DRM? ...

One of the most egregious examples of this was the Sony BMG Digital Rights Management (DRM)/rootkit scandal. Eventually the industry (for the most part) ... and more »

 South Africa - One example of this was the Sony DRM scandal in 2006. Both the AV industry and independent researchers responded to the use of rootkit technologies and ...

A Legal Analysis of the Sony BMG Rootkit Debacle  - Dec 16, 2007 Rootkit debacle: 'The Article first addresses the market-based rationales that likely influenced Sony BMG's deployment of these DRM systems and reveals ...

By Nilay Patel Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable AudioIt's been two years since Sony BMG got hit with a number of class action lawsuits for shipping CDs that stealthily installed malware DRM on Windows machines without user permission, and it looks like the company is trying to get back the $5....

By Jon p2pnet - Sony BMG rootkit DRM deal, December 29, 2005 Associated Press - Sony BMG sues CD software firm, July 12, 2007 Hollywood Reporter - Microsoft Plans to Cut Xbox Price to Compete With Wii, July 9, 2007 First4Internet - ‘New’ kind of DRM, December 18, 2004

By Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow: The SPY Act, a new anti-spyware law, makes it impossible for consumer rights groups to sue DRM companies for putting spyware in their DRM (like Sony did last year, with its rootkit DRM). The irony is that spyware is already illegal, so all that this act does is immunize big med...

Now that the hullaballoo surrounding the Sony/BMG rootkit scandal has died down a bit, Sony Pictures decided to spice things up by including a brand new type of DRM on DVDs such as "Stranger than Fiction" and "The Holiday." Unluckily for Sony, one purchaser of these DVDs was not able to play...

By Cory Doctorow Why Apple is to blame for iTunes DRM Apple sued for iTunes/iPod monopoly tying Apple and Sony sued for non-interoperable DRM Germany and France challenge iTunes DRM Sony: DRM cost us the Walkman DRM company vows to hack iTunes DRM Sony rootkit ripped off anti-DRM code to break into iTunes

Do you believe in karma? I'm beginning to think Sony should. Just a year and change after their rootkit debacle, the company seems to have a knack for humiliating itself on the DRM front. The BBC's got a nice piece today on the success of three hacker teams in cracking the PSP copy protect...

Remember that Sony Rootkit DRM Scandal a little while back? The one that boned your computer with a rootkit when you put in a CD with Sony's DRM on it? Well, Sony's just agreed to pay out $150 to customers to "repair damage done" when they tried to remove the rootkit.

Some CD buyers in Texas and California can claim up to $175 each from record company Sony BMG as a result of a legal settlement this week. Both states took action against the music giant over its "rootkit-style" DRM, designed to prevent PC users from copying music CDs to their hard drives. The...

Yesterday's post identified the availability of circumvention devices as a one foundational issue. The second foundational issue is protection against contracts that seek to trump the law by contracting out of the copyright balance or, in the event that anti-circumvention legislat...

By jimmypalmer@gmail.com (DRM) Obviously Yahoo had the market presence to convince Sony to release "A Public Affair" without DRM. Sony may still be attempting to atone for their DRM rootkit blunder, but both Sony and Yahoo have the diversity and the dollars to take risks that go against the mold.

Perhaps even more interesting is the fact that Simpson's record label is Sony BMG. Going from releasing rootkit-laden CDs to DRM-free MP3s is quite a metamorphosis. Should Yahoo! further thumb its nose at the music industry, we'll let you know. In the meantime, let's all rock out to Jessica...