Did the US government get Sony to back down?

Here's an interesting twist in the Sony BMG rootkit saga: according to the Washington Post, officials at the US Department of Homeland Security made a not-so-veiled threat to Sony about the security risks caused by the company's DRM. An official, Stewart Baker, reportedly told execs from the Recording Industry Association of America, Microsoft and other organizations that "there's been a lot of publicity recently about tactics used in pursuing protection for music and DVD CDs ... It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to adopt in these days." The comments were apparently made on Thursday; Sony issued a statement on Friday saying it would halt production of the DRM-enabled CDs. Looks like the Bush Administration can share some credit with Mark Russinovich for Sony's change of heart.