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Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by SELECTstarFROMreddit to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't believe I hadn't heard of this.

Sony BMG initially denied that the rootkits were harmful. It then released an uninstaller for one of the programs that merely made the program's files invisible while also installing additional software that could not be easily removed.

And then they just paid some settlements, recalled some CDs, and continued to operate as if nothing has happened. Bloody hell.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

I remembered there was a Part II to the story that made it even worse, but did not remember those details. Should have read my own link! Thanks for highlighting that because it truly is the icing on the cake.