The Sony BMG "rootkit" has caused a lot of fury among people who feel that their digital freedom has been questioned. It looks like the trouble for sony has just started. The update they provided to fix the rootkit problem also seem to be vulnerable. And to add to the protests by affected people, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has gone ahead and filed a class action suite agains Sony BMG. Check the details here ..
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_11.php
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/?f=open-letter-2005-11-14.html
Another lawsuit was filed by a Texas attorney...
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1891501,00.asp
To me, this may be just the start of legal moves against vulnerable software. A sort of software torts.
Wonder why no one has filed an action suit against Microsoft for IE?? Here is one more to add to IE bug list:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1891749,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
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