Sony & DRM

Where was Sony's Privacy Officer?
November 21, 2005 By Ray Everett-Church

As this month's controversy over Sony's distribution of music CDs with flawed digital rights management (DRM) software continues to play itself out, the whole mess is already primed to become a classic case study in why corporations need competent Privacy Officers to keep them out of trouble.

According to news reports, about 20 different CD titles issued in recent months by Sony's BMG music distribution group have been outfitted with software called eXtended Copy Protection (XCP). Designed to thwart illegal copying of music files, more than two million CDs containing XCP were shipped, mainly to retailers in the United States.

If you're like tens of millions of music lovers around the world, you often use your computer as your CD player, choosing to manage your music through software like Apple's iTunes or Yahoo's Musicmatch.

Full article at: Earthweb.com

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