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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
January 30, 2007
Roy Mark |
Sony BMG Settles FTC DRM Charges Sony BMG Music agreed Tuesday it violated federal law by not telling consumers CDs sold by the company contained digital rights management software that monitored user listening habits to send them marketing messages. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2006
Doug Gale |
Can This Virus Be 'Rooted' Out? A new kind of hard-to-detect malware is increasing our vulnerability to hackers and creating headaches for makers of antiviral software. |
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. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Sony Sued Over DRM Rootkit Sony BMG's copy-protection software draws lawsuits from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the state of Texas. |
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. |
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. |
PC World
December 30, 2005
Robert McMillan |
Copy Controls: How Far Will They Go? Sony's invasive antipiracy efforts point to a coming battle for control of your PC. |
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. |
PC Magazine
December 21, 2005
Larry Seltzer |
Heard Any Good Malware Lately? Digital rights shouldn't violate civil rights as Sony's DRM rootkit seems to do. |
Home Theater
July 19, 2007 |
Sony BMG Bites DRM Developer Sony BMG is suing one of two developers of digital rights management schemes that spooked consumers, compromised the security of their PCs, and forced the music label to pay settlements in numerous lawsuits. |
PC World
September 2005
Laurianne McLaughlin |
Copyright Crackdown New XCP2 technology on music CDs limits the number of copies you can make -- and gets in the way of putting tunes on an IPod. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
A Big Mistake at Sony BMG A small French company has alleged that Sony BMG pirated its software. |
InternetNews
November 14, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Microsoft to Block Sony DRM Rootkit Microsoft has joined other security vendors in pursuit of the rootkit component to Sony's now-infamous anti-piracy measure. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
More Sucking Sounds at Sony The state of Texas cries foul over Sony's spyware practices, again. But it seems that many investors still retain a lot of belief in Sony, given that its stock price continues to go up. |
PC World
November 5, 2001
Tom Spring |
Music Labels Target CD Ripping Claiming to fight piracy, labels test copy protection to keep audio CDs from going digital... |
Home Theater
April 23, 2007 |
Sony to Replace Defective DVDs Sony will offer replacements for 20 defective glitch-prone DVD titles. |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Now Showing on Small Screens Technology is poised to change TV and movies in the same way as online music stores and digital music players have rewritten the rules for music distribution. |
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. |
PC World
April 11, 2002
Tom Spring |
Face the Music: Suits Pending Over Copy Controls Class action suits may spring from consumer complaints of surreptitious CD copy protection... |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
Music Biz Blues The industry must recognize the their fragile business model is in need of an extreme makeover and their copyright-protection antics are generating enormous ill-will among the very folks who are supposed to be their customers. |
BusinessWeek
December 19, 2005
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Just Let Us Play The Movie The entertainment industry has a great opportunity for new markets, and the PC and consumer-electronics industries have an opening for new products. But realizing this potential will require all of them to show some respect for their customers. |
PC Magazine
September 27, 2006
Robert Lemos |
Your Own Personal Matrix How rootkits can take over your computer and steal data under your nose and how to stop them. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2006
Joel Johnson |
Tech Clinic Expert Q & A How many USB devices can I hook up to my PC at one time?... What is he Sony rootkit and how do I get rid of it if it's on my computer?... How can I tell if someone is freeloading on my Wi-Fi network?... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Sony Says I'm Sorry ... 21st-Century Style Sony, despite some recent missteps, tries to set things right with its spyware fiasco. While the stock has certainly been strong, who can buy a company that seems committed to tripping over its own digital feet and aggravating consumers in the pursuit of more money? |
Home Theater
October 5, 2007 |
Copying Is Stealing, Says Sony BMG A single mother of two was successfully sued for using peer-to-peer file sharing to violate numerous copyrights. What may ultimately come to matter more than the verdict were some of the details that emerged along the way. |
Home Toys
February 2006 |
DVD Insider #49 Sony's rootkit fiasco has RIAA execs thinking twice about how intrusive they make their DRM. Maybe they should send their lawyers to the pirates' lairs and focus on figuring out how to make a living in the always-on Internet. |
PC World
January 2002
Frank Thorsberg & Tom Spring |
New Shackles on Your CD, Video Copying In an effort to stem piracy, entertainment companies are placing new copy restrictions into their products... |
PC World
June 2005
Scott Spanbauer |
Rootkits: Invisible Assault on Windows These clever attacks are not new, but they pose a growing threat to Windows PCs. Since rootkits can work with spyware, viruses, and other malware in blended threats, security vendors are sharpening the tools they'll need for detecting them. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
DRM May Die? Yahoo! Will online music's digital rights management go the way of the dodo? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Sony vs. Sony As the recording and electronics industries face off over digital music, one company has had the uniquely uncomfortable position of standing on both sides of the issue: Sony. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
A Company Doomed to Mediocrity Heads up, investors: The road to mediocrity is probably full of warning signs. About five years ago, things got really ugly for Sony. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
Compact Discs: The New 8-Track Major labels meet the future -- reluctantly. Online music stores represent the future of the music biz as evidenced by newly public Warner Music Group's report of $4 million in net income thanks, in part, to $31 million in digital music revenue that offset a similar-sized decline in CD sales. |
InternetNews
December 3, 2007 |
Pressure Mounts on Record Labels to Offer MP3s New promotions, successful tests and retailer demands could spell the end of DRM-protected music. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Aging Music Companies Merge How will the music recording industry reinvigorate itself? |
InternetNews
May 25, 2005
Tim Gray |
Report: AOL Close to Video Deal The company looks to cash in on music video sales with Sony BMG partnership, according to a published report. |
InternetNews
January 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
EFF Wants Protection For CD Research The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants Sony EMI to grant legal protections for computer security researchers examining the copy-protection technologies of the music giant. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Cade Metz |
The Sorry State of Security Time to face facts: when it comes to our online safety woes, everybody is to blame. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Heather Green |
Which Format Will Win? A pitched battle for control of the music-downloading business is raging among Apple, Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Sony. Their weapons: software used to buy and listen to music downloads on computers and portable devices. |
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... |
PC Magazine
April 20, 2005
Larry Seltzer |
Rootkits: The Ultimate Stealth Attack These underhanded programs go to great lengths to conceal themselves. Luckily, help is on the way. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Sony's Non-DRM Dud Sony has decided to begin selling DRM-free digital albums, but consumers will have to clear a few hurdles first. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Riley & Vance |
Sony: The Company That Kicked the Hornet's Nest Security experts say Sony should have recognized the warning signs of an impending attack, which compromised 100 million accounts. |
Home Theater
August 11, 2008 |
Sony BMG Is Just Sony Now Sony is buying Bertelsmann's 50 percent stake in the company, giving it total control of what will now become known as Sony Music Entertainment. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Burn, Sony, Burn Does the specter of burning laptops bode ill for Sony? The company has made so many missteps lately that its shareholders should wonder whether it's able to run its business in an efficient, competent, customer-friendly manner. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sony Disconnects Sony decides to disconnect its Connect digital music service; customers were trapped using only Sony hardware and software to listen to their music, which doomed the program. The company now says it will support other, more open formats, such as MP3. |
PC World
March 2006
Dan Tynan |
Hollywood vs.Your PC: Round 2 Legal options in digital entertainment are growing. But they come with restrictions that can hobble your ability to enjoy the content you've paid for and even threaten your control over your system. |
Salon.com
June 5, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
All over the MAP Why record execs are furious at the FTC and the press. |
