• was revealed that the implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs distributed by Sony BMG installed one of two pieces of software...
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  • existing rootkit on affected systems. One BBC analyst called it a "public relations nightmare." Sony BMG released patches to uninstall the rootkit, but it...
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  • Sony BMG and sparked the 2005 Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal; in that context it is also known as the Sony rootkit. Security researchers, beginning...
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  • Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's...
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    through Sony Music UK, now dissolved) Music portal Companies portal List of Sony Music artists Sony Music Publishing Sony BMG Sony BMG copy protection rootkit...
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    Most". The album also earned RIAA gold certification. The Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal in 2005 began with an investigation of an installation...
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  • supposed use as a rootkit in the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal. Digital watermarks, typically used on CD advance copies have allowed leaks...
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    Ops (later renamed Human Security). During the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, where Sony BMG was found to be covertly installing anti-piracy...
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  • late 2005, Sony BMG Music sparked the Sony CD copy protection scandal when it included a form of copy protection called Extended Copy Protection ("XCP")...
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    top 50 in Australia. The album, briefly notorious in the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, sold 1 million but did not repeat the success of Left...
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  • able to rip audio CDs. Specifically, in response to the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, the FTC declared that the marketing and sale of audio...
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    of the 2005 Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, there were reports that the Extended Copy Protection rootkit included on some Sony compact discs...
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  • indicate the presence of a rootkit. It is the same tool that triggered the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal. RootkitRevealer is no longer being...
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    Stallman recognized the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal to be a criminal act by Sony and supports a general boycott of Sony for its legal actions...
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  • The album's sales in the US were also damaged by the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, and was one of the affected albums selected for recall...
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    which audio CDs were played.[citation needed] The ensuing Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal led to the recall of millions of CDs, class action lawsuits...
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  • deployment. In the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal (October 2005), Sony BMG produced a Van Zant music CD that employed a copy protection scheme that...
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    (2010-11-01). "Sony BMG rootkit scandal: 5 years later". Network World. Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2015-02-20. "Sony to Buy Gracenote...
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    automatically and surreptitiously installed copy-prevention software on computers (see Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal). Such discs are not legally allowed...
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  • songs included in the games. November 15 The Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal breaks as Sony BMG announces that it will recall all remaining stock...
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  • Cactus Data Shield (category Compact Disc and DVD copy protection)
    system that features an active software protection was introduced. Copy Control Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal "Macrovision moves to acquire Midbar...
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  • the forefront of the Sony BMG CD copy prevention scandal, which eventually led to the recall of all CDs that contained the protection. After the large success...
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  • Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich, who sparked the 2005 Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal in an October 2005 posting to the Sysinternals blog. On July...
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    asked about the Sony BMG Copy protection rootkit, Hesse's declaration to Neda Ulaby: "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should...
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    the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal began, where it was discovered that Sony BMG surreptitiously and possibly illegally distributed copy protection...
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  • CD was originally released with Extended Copy Protection, a rootkit based form of copy protection by Sony BMG, who owns Columbia Records, ironic given...
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