[Petronski]

Rootkits are malware, not copy protection.

The categories "malware" and "copy protection" are not mutually exclusive. You are introducing a false dichotomy.

The Sony rootkit was an implementation of copy protection in malware.

[Golden Eagle]

The Sony rootkit was an implementation of copy protection in malware.

No it was obviously an ATTEMPT to confuse malware with copy protection. Just as you are attempting to do now yourself.