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Article: Sony BMG Sued Under Anti-Spyware Laws
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- November 22, 2005
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LIZ AUSTIN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-22-2005
Dateline: AUSTIN, Texas
Mark Russinovich is shown in his office with his Van Zandt CD from Sony BMG Music Entertainment, in which he discovered that the company had added a copy protection technology called XCP to his computer, Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, in Austin, Texas. Russinovich posted his findings to his blog which generated serious attention, and eventually forced Sony BMG to recall 50 different discs this week. Some 4.7 million had been made and 2.1 million sold. (AP Photo/Thomas Terry)
Sony BMG Music Entertainment's troubles over anti-piracy technology on music CDs deepened Monday as Texas' attorney general and a California-based ...