Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
A scandal erupted in 2005 regarding Sony BMG's implementation of deceptive, illegal, and potentially harmful copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software which provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. Sony claims this was unintentional. One of the programs installed, even if the user refused its EULA, would still "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits; the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all, contained code from several pieces of open-source software in an apparent infringement of cop
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Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
A scandal erupted in 2005 regarding Sony BMG's implementation of deceptive, illegal, and potentially harmful copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software which provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. Sony claims this was unintentional. One of the programs installed, even if the user refused its EULA, would still "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits; the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all, contained code from several pieces of open-source software in an apparent infringement of cop
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A scandal erupted in 2005 rega ...... tection efforts in early 2007.
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ソニーBMG製CD XCP問題(-ビーエムジーせいコンパクト ...... 同意を得ずに隠密にインストールされることなどが問題視された。
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A scandal erupted in 2005 rega ...... n apparent infringement of cop
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ソニーBMG製CD XCP問題(-ビーエムジーせいコンパクト ...... 同意を得ずに隠密にインストールされることなどが問題視された。
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Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
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ソニーBMG製CD XCP問題
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