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  • Texas Expands Lawsuit Against SonyBMG

    12/27/2005 5:30:42 AM PST · by Born Conservative · 14 replies · 506+ views
    SonyBMG's legal woes continue to grow worse. A lawsuit by the State of Texas against SonyBMG has been expanded to include new charges. The original lawsuit alleged that SonyBMG's XPC copy protection software violated Texas antispyware laws. The XPC software hid malicious and potentially destructive software with a rootkit, as well as opening a security hole. A patch intended to remove the rootkit, released by SonyBMG after news of their software became public, turned out to be more harmful than original software. If installed, the XPC patch would have allowed any web site to install any software, regardless of...