California Suing Sony Over Rootkit DRM

Posted by tuxchick on Nov 10, 2005 9:49 AM EDT
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"California has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony and a second one may be filed today in New York. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 1 in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles by Vernon, CA. It asks the court to prevent Sony from selling additional CDs protected by the anti-piracy software, and seeks monetary damages for California consumers who purchased them. The suit alleges that Sony's software violates at least three California statutes...

[Ed.- Hurrah! Sic 'em. Many good links in the article.]

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the short of the long? colesen9 2 1,058 Nov 10, 2005 11:43 AM

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