As you may recall, Sony BMG went a little bad in the public earlier this year launched the exhibition, when they installed music CDs that an anti-piracy program on the user's computer. Well, Sony just from light.
States BMG Get Anti-Piracy Program Computers
As you know, Sony is a huge business in the entertainment industry. One of the assets is BMG, a CD distribution. You know, BMG, the group with which you 12 CDs for a penny and then Pest each month with e-mails to buy more.
With music file-sharing to a greater concern over the Web, Sony BMG decided to do something about it. The company developed an anti-piracy program is loaded and started on the distribution of CDs was. If a user belongs to the CD on their computer, the anti-piracy program was automatically installed. Then the problems started. First, Sony does not say there was someone there. This invasion of the computer with the program. Secondly, the program, the holes in the security that the programs may contain viruses and other bad things to access the files on the computer. Remove the program was impossible without immense damage to those systems. If the stuff on the fan, BMG tries to remove and repair program that caused even more problems. Verily, it was a disaster for Sony on all fronts.
All of the above led to a lot of bad publicity for Sony. It also led to lawsuits against the Prosecutor Generals of Texas and California. Well, these cases are settled and Sony only had simple. The business is as follows. Sony will pay a $ 1.7 million U.S. dollars fine, the refunds on the offending CDs and a massive $ 175 for computer repairs for all the damage their computers. With 450.000 CDs are distributed, this corresponds to a minimum resolution of about $ 3.50 per offense. Of course, some people are for the $ 175 computer repair, the cost, but probably not many people.
Let's say you own a small company based on the Internet. Suppose you hear one of these CDs and found out Sony was up to. Suppose you tried the program with the program is well away from Sony. You will lose your hard drive. You lose all your emails. It is corrupt and not working. How much time do you want to be dealing with this? How frustrating is it? How much will you have to pay for replacement software, not to mention someone with everything? The total cost in hard cash and the dollar is much higher than these figures settlement.
The settlement with California and Texas with Sony is a disgrace. The powers set out in each office, Attorney General should be ashamed. Sony broke the law in a variety of ways and has to pay $ 3 or $ 4 per CD ok? What a joke.
Gerard Simington is with FindAnAttorneyForMe.com - the free legal information on a wide range of topics.
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