Originally published December 14 2005
Sony recalls CDs with anti-piracy software
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Sony is recalling the CDs with the software due to widespread pressure, and is offering to exchange CDs for copies without the XCP anti-piracy software. Sony is also providing software to remove the program from Windows computers.
Widespread pressure has made the music giant remove CDs bearing the software from stores.
Sony's music arm could be recalling millions of CDs because at least 20 discs are known to use XCP some by best-selling artists such as Celine Dion, Natasha Bedingfield, and Amerie.
XCP PROTECTED CDS Trey Anastasio - Shine Celine Dion - On ne Change Pas Neil Diamond - 12 Songs Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times Chris Botti - To Love Again Van Zant - Get Right with the Man Switchfoot - Nothing is Sound The Coral - The Invisible Invasion Acceptance - Phantoms Susie Suh - Susie Suh Amerie - Touch Life of Agony - Broken Valley Horace Silver Quintet - Silver's Blue Gerry Mulligan - Jeru Dexter Gordon - Manhattan Symphonie The Bad Plus - Suspicious Activity The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s Dion - The Essential Dion Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten Ricky Martin - Life No detailed figures have been given by Sony for how many CDs are protected with XCP or how many have been sold.
The alarm about XCP was raised by Windows programming expert Mark Russinovich who discovered that it used a "root kit" to install itself deep inside the operating system.
In the same statement about the recall Sony BMG said it would make it much easier to uninstall the XCP system from Windows PCs on which is has been installed.
Before now any customer wanting to rid their PC of XCP had to go through a several stage process of telling Sony what they wanted to do and then waiting for it to respond.
As well as being criticised for its inconvenience security researchers found that the uninstaller left Windows machines vulnerable to several exploits.
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