Bill Brenner of SeachSecurity.com writes:

…Users have been lashing out against Sony Global Digital Business President Thomas Hesse in such blogs as Techdirt and Digg over comments he made during an interview with National Public Radio. Asked about the public outcry over Sony’s use of a rootkit in its DRM program to prevent CD copying, he said, “Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?”

…So far, The Washington Post noted Tuesday, Sony faces a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of California consumers who may have been harmed by Sony CDs in which the rootkit technology is used. A second, nationwide class-action lawsuit was expected to be filed against Sony in a New York court on Wednesday seeking relief for all U.S. consumers who have purchased such CDs, the paper added.

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