Sony settles in rootkit class action suit
Sony BMG has proposed
a settlement in the class action lawsuit concerning the XCP rootkit that many of its music CDs were installing on users' computers without their permission. If
passed, the settlement would have Sony recalling all XCP CDs and replace them with non-DRM CDs, plus ensuring that all
XCP CDs are "promptly removed from the market" by offering owners incentives in the form ...





