Archive for November 20th, 2005

The Lasting Impact of Sony’s Rootkit

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version, update: the BBC features an internationalized version) examines the controversy surrounding the Sony rootkit and its use of digital rights management. While in the short-term one of the world's best-known brands has suffered enormous damage, the longer-term implications are […]

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November 20, 2005 3 comments Columns

The Lasting Impact of Sony’s Rootkit

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 21, 2005 as Sony Incident Wakeup Call For Regulators Appeared on the BBC Online on November 21, 2005 as Sony’s Long-Term Rootkit Woes Sony BMG, the world’ s second largest record label, has for the past three weeks been the subject of a […]

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November 20, 2005 4 comments Columns Archive