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InternetNews November 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Facing Not-so-Secretive Legal Action The Electronic Frontier Foundation is investigating whether to file a class-action lawsuit against Sony BMG for its anti-piracy activities on consumer computers.
InternetNews November 2, 2005 Jim Wagner	Digging Out Sony's DRM Rootkit Using a technique popularized by malware writers, Sony runs software behind the scenes of its copy-protected CDs.
PC World November 19, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Copy Control Complaint Desk Opens Formal public comment on DMCA invited for one month, then feds will reconsider act.
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Recalls Rootkit-Plagued CDs Sony BMG is recalling the copyright-protected music CDs that have been causing no end of grief to the company.
Home Theater November 15, 2005 Mark Fleischmann	Deep Rifts Exposed in Sony BMG Faux Pas Sony BMG's boneheaded misuse of hacker technology has potentially compromised the security of millions of PCs, inspired a bunch of computer viruses, provoked class-action lawsuits, caused a firestorm of protest in online forums, and even attracted veiled criticism from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
InternetNews August 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland	EFF's Next Fight? Barney the Dinosaur EFF claims purple dinosaur's legal team trampling free speech rights.
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The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	EMI's Cold Play EMI turns to private equity as an exit strategy. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Hold the Music European doubts over one music industry merger may derail another. Arguing that the pairing of desperate labels will stifle competition is just naive. The playing field has moved on.
Salon.com January 15, 2003 Katharine Mieszkowski	Hollywood and Silicon Valley: Together at last? A new industry agreement on digital copyright issues says the government should stay out of enforcement. But it's a little late for that, says one expert.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Stephen Cass	Antipiracy Software Opens Door to Electronic Intruders When security researchers in the U.S. and Finland discovered the music CD/rootkit problem, Sony BMG's reaction was so bad that it will probably be seen in future years as a textbook example of a botched corporate response.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Alyce Lomax	What Were You Thinking, Sony? Increasingly, music companies like Sony BMG are treating their customers like criminals who borrow, rather than purchase, their products. Sony's recent move goes way beyond that idea -- providing an intrusive technology that, in effect, hijacked its customers' computers.
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Salon.com March 27, 2001 Charles C. Mann	Napster-proof CDs The music industry has a secret plan to safeguard popular music from the wild Web...
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InternetNews March 5, 2008	Facebook in Talks With Major Music Labels: Report Social networking site Facebook has approached major music labels about launching a music service.
PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Bill Machrone	If I Told You, I'd Have to . . . It's illegal to talk about how to circumvent copy protection. In your home, in your car, anywhere. Get the picture?
PC World November 2002 Dylan F. Tweney	Hollywood vs. Your PC Movie and music moguls are hopping mad over the new technologies that are transforming digital entertainment. Washington is listening. what's at risk? Your ability to enjoy DVDs and CDs you've bought, your privacy -- even your control over your PC.
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InternetNews September 18, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	EFF Sues Feds to Stop Domestic Spying With suit against AT&T stalled, watchdog group opens up a new front in legal challenge to government's warrantless surveillance program.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Warner Still Loves EMI The Warner Music Group and EMI merger chatter is alive again. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Baidu, EMI Make Beautiful Music The two companies team to fight piracy and offer music online. A streaming music service should be far more palatable to Britain's EMI as it tries to reach out to Chinese consumers accustomed to free content.
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Information Today August 4, 2015	Organizations Introduce New Do Not Track Policy for Internet Browsing The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with a coalition of partners, introduced a stronger Do Not Track policy standard for web browsing that aims to protect users from having their internet activity recorded.
BusinessWeek May 19, 2011 Paul M. Barrett	Entrepreneur, the Magazine That Sues Entrepreneurs The curious case of Entrepreneur Media Inc., which never rests in its quest to nurture -- and afflict -- other startups
PC World January 21, 2003 Joris Evers	New Microsoft Tools Copy Protect CDs and DVDs Software will allow recording companies to restrict what you can do with CDs and DVDs on your computer.
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland	EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretaps The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Tuesday, charging the carrier violated the law by assisting in the National Security Agency's controversial wiretap program.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Sony Pays Up Last year's rootkit controversy is coming back to haunt Sony. For investors, Sony remains a tricky gamble until it can keep itself out of the negative limelight and put forth a more customer-oriented approach. There's no such thing as too big to do the right thing.
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The Motley Fool July 9, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note.
PC Magazine September 24, 2003	Taking Names Worried you might be next on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) hit list of music swappers? There's a way to find out. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an Internet public policy group, offers the Subpoena Database Query Tool for that purpose.
InternetNews July 26, 2010	Microsoft Updates Bug Reporting Process Extending an olive branch to security researchers, Microsoft says it will provide new mechanisms to make it easier to report vulnerabilities.
Information Today July 14, 2011	Alexander Street Press Adds EMI recordings to Classical Music Library Alexander Street Press announced the addition of nearly 22,500 recordings from EMI and EMI sub-labels Virgin Classics and Angel Records to its streaming music collection for libraries and educational institutions, Classical Music Library.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Michael Singer	Data Dumps Recommended for ISPs Limiting the amount of customer information reduces the risk and cost of dealing with The Digital Millennium Copyright Act 'take down' requests.
Salon.com December 18, 2001 Paul Boutin	Don't steal music, pretty please Record companies will make big, big money online. They just need to learn to let go...
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Finally! A Record Label Gets Sued The Federal Trade Commission is suing Sony's music arm for violating online privacy laws for children.
InternetNews May 16, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Google Wins Infringement Appeal A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Google did not infringe the copyrights of an adult photo publisher by displaying thumbnails of proprietary pictures in its image search engine.
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Wired February 2003 Frank Rose	The Civil War Inside Sony Sony Music wants to entertain you. Sony Electronics wants to equip you. The problem is that when it comes to digital media, their interests are diametrically opposed.