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Could Sony be any more fucked?

23/11/05

Permalink 21:48:13, by matt Email , 188 words   English (NZ)
Categories: International events, Technology

Could Sony be any more fucked?

So far we have them facing a lawsuit from the state of Texas, potentially with damages of $100k per violation - that is, $100k for each and every CD that Texas can prove was sold in the state.
Then we have the EFF suing them for all kinds of heinous acts, and demanding that the court, amongst other things, make Sony compensate their customers for the damage and inconvenience.
Italy is investigating Sony for possible violations of their criminal statues regarding computer trespass and illegal spyware.
A class is forming in California to sue, and purportedly another is forming in New York, Sony's home state.

It's shaping up to be an expensive exercise for Sony, particularly if the EFF succeed in having an older, more widely-distributed form of copy-protection deemed to be similarly illegal. That could trigger a massive recall of 20 million CDs from countries across the northern hemisphere. Europe, at that point, would likely get involved. They're not afraid to slap large multi-nationals around a bit, as Microsoft have learned to their sorrow, so one expects that Sony could be in for a good beating. Bring it on.

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