It’s been a long two weeks for Sony. In the latest development in the Digital Rights Management (DRM) software saga, the music giant’s application has allegedly infringed on others’ copyrights. Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon, claims in his blog that the XCP software from First4Internet that Sony used to prevent unauthorized copying of its music CDs contains code that is “infringing the copyright of several open-source projects.”
I think you are mistaken. Mark Russinovich discovered the original rootkit and reported it. Not Sophos.
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Sony’s Latest Headache: Copyright Infringement Allegations
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire November 18, 2005 10:38 AMIt’s been a long two weeks for Sony. In the latest development in the Digital Rights Management (DRM) software saga, the music giant’s application has allegedly infringed on others’ copyrights. Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon, claims in his blog that the XCP software from First4Internet that Sony used to prevent unauthorized copying of its music CDs contains code that is “infringing the copyright of several open-source projects.”