Canadians suing Sony some more for infecting music CDs
Canadians whose PCs were infected by the malicious software Sony
deliberately included on its music CDs have launched another
class-action suit against the company.  Sony BMG was outed on
October 31, 2005, for including anti-copying software that
employed "rootkits," a technique that made it impossible for
users to uninstall without damaging their Windows installation,
and which opened them to new security vulnerabilities.
Subsequently, Sony was also outed for using a piece of spyware
called MediaMax, from SunnComm, which also created security
vulnerabilities.  One class action suit in the US has been
settled, while other suits and government legal actions are
pending in several US states, Ireland, Canada and Italy. It's
not known yet whether Sony will face legal reprisals from the US
government for the military and government computers that were
infected with its software.  * Sony released at least 34 titles
in Canada with sales of approximately 120,000