Sony BMG “Temporarily” Stops Pressing CD’s “Protected” By Rootkit

Sony BMG has bowed to growing consumer outrage and will "temporarily" stop the manufacture of CD’s containing a copy protection software that invades the users computer and some say leaves PC’s more vulnerable to hackers. “We also intend to re-examine all aspects of our content protection initiative to be sure that it continues to meet our goals of security and ease of consumer use,” the company said in a statement.

But is it too little too late?

One has to wonder why the millions of young consumers who have migrated to free file sharing services to get the music they crave would ever return to purchasing when CD prices are often higher than DVD’s, downloads are incompatible with some devices and not completely portable, and record labels that sue fellow music lovers and are even willing to infect consumer’s computers with hidden software.

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