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  • Microsoft DRM cracked, Zune freed

    The digital rights management (DRM) software used by Microsoft to 'protect' music files so they can only be played using Windows Media Player, has once again been broken.

  • Sony fixes security hole in CDs, again

    Sony BMG is replacing a patch for its CD copy protection software after Princeton University researchers found a security flaw in the update.

  • New Sony CD risk identified

    Computer researchers uncovered a new security risk on Friday related to Sony BMG Music Entertainment copy-protected CDs, which could expose several hundred computers to attack.

  • Gartner: Sony's DRM 'spyware' is unacceptable

    Gartner has criticised Sony for using rootkit technology to hide its Digital Rights Management (DRM) tool, which the analyst group said meets both the 'formal and informal definitions of spyware', and is 'unacceptable' behaviour.

  • Sony halts production of 'rootkit' CDs

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Friday that it will suspend production of CDs with copy-protection technology that has been exploited by virus writers to try to hide their malicious code on PCs.

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  • Sony BMG faces the music

    Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why legal woes are mounting for the record label over its CD fiasco.

  • FAQ: Sony's 'rootkit' CDs

    Sony's copy protection could help hide new viruses on a PC. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself.

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  • Microsoft CD copy protection advances

    The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.

  • Tech hides data, ID inside songs

    SunnComm Technologies, one of several companies developing anti-CD copying products, has licensed a new technique that can hide data, video, software or an identifying watermark inside music files.

  • Getting in tune

    Microsoft cozies up to the music industry to protect rights--or is it setting up a new beachhead for Windows? Can Microsoft be trusted?

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