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| Sony Rootkit Settlement Gets Judge's Approval |
| from the yay-free-music dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 23, @10:06 (Sony) |
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/23/1238247 |
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Lewis Clarke wrote to mention a ZDNet story about Monday's [0]final
approval of the rootkit settlement in the case brought against Sony BMG
Music. From the article: "[1]The agreement covers anyone who bought,
received or used CDs containing what was revealed to be flawed digital
rights management (DRM) software after Aug. 1, 2003.
Those customers can
file a claim and receive certain benefits, such as a nonprotected
replacement CD, free downloads of music from that CD and additional cash
payments ... At least 15 different lawsuits were filed by class action
lawyers against the record label, and the New York cases were eventually
consolidated into one proceeding. The parties reached a preliminary
settlement with Sony BMG in December, leaving it up to a judge in a U.S.
District Court in New York to make it official. "
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=06/05/23/1238247
Links:
0.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,39361307,00.htm
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http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/sony_settlement.pdf
