Sony's CD rootkit infringes DVD Jon's copyright

Posted by Tsela on Nov 18, 2005 3:32 AM EDT
The Register; By Andrew Orlowski
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Sony's rootkit style DRM software XCP, designed to prevent copyright infringement, looks like it's breaching the terms of a copyright agreement itself, by including code written by no less than MPAA nemesis "DVD Jon" Johansen.

[ED.- DRM software illegally containing code written by someone who got sued by the MPAA for circumventing the DRM on DVDs... Oh! The irony! - Tsela]

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