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Update: Possible Class-Action Lawsuit Coming Against Sony?

Update:

Jim Wagner is reporting in internetnews.com that the EFF is looking to possibly file a lawsuit against Sony over the RootkitGate debacle.


Earlier:

I referenced an article in The Inquirer earlier today which indicated Italy is already moving on a lawsuit against Sony for their RootkitGate, now it appears that there is a strong possibility that there may be a U.S class-action suit against Sony, as well.

Declan McCullagh writes in C|Net News:

Sony rightly came under fire last week from programmers and Internet users for injecting an undetectable copy-prevention utility into Microsoft Windows when certain CDs are inserted.

Now the lawyers are taking aim, too. Robert Green, a partner at the San Francisco firm of Green Welling, says he's readying a class action lawsuit against Sony.

"We're still investigating the case and talking to different people about what happened to them," Green said on Friday. He plans to argue that under California law, if you buy a copy-protected CD from a music store, you should be informed that a spyware-like utility will be implanted on your hard drive.

posted by Fergie @ 11/07/2005 04:08:00 PM