They're shocked, shocked to find that they were selling CDs that included rootkit software!

Sony BMG Music Entertainment is suing a company that developed antipiracy software for CDs, claiming the technology was defective and cost the record company millions of dollars to settle consumer complaints and government investigations.

Sony BMG filed a summons in a New York state court against The Amergence Group Inc., formerly SunnComm International, which developed the MediaMax CD copy-protection technology.
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[Sony BMG] began including MediaMax on some of its compact discs in August 2003 and shipped about 4 million CDs equipped with the technology in 2005.
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The fallout over the copy-protected CDs sparked lawsuits and investigations.

Last fall, [Sony BMG] agreed to pay a total of $5.75 million to settle the litigation and resolve investigations by officials in several states.
-- Hollywood Reporter

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