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Sony sues the folks who made their rootkit. Because, of course, it's their fault everyone got so upset about it.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

here's hoping this gets thrown out of court, and the judge makes Sony pay all legal fees involved, and a 'spurious lawsuit' fine.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

It should be noted, as it says in the article, this is *not* the rootkit (XCP by First 4 Internet) that caused the big scandal. This is *another* product that also had rootkit-like properties, from a company called Amergence/SunnComm.
From what *I* can surmise, Sony isn't suing them because of the trouble, they're suing them because their crappy software got *caught*.--
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It should be noted, as it says in the article, this is *not* the rootkit (XCP by First 4 Internet) that caused the big scandal.

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Oh, I missed that bit.

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From what *I* can surmise, Sony isn't suing them because of the trouble, they're suing them because their crappy software got *caught*.

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That part I didn't miss.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.