In EFFector 18.40 – which I received late Friday night – the EFF is planning an announcement on Monday, November 21, 2005, about its plans on the Sony CD rootkit issue. It has solicited responses from customers in California and New York who have been infected by the rootkit – I suspect a lawsuit will be announced.

A guide to recognizing the CDs with the software is on this page – along with a listing of the artists and albums that have been discovered with it (not all copies of an album on the list will necessarily have the software). Meanwhile, here’s some more juicy stuff to whet your appetite.

To: Andrew Lack, CEO of Sony-BMG
Cc: Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, Chairman of the Board, Sony-BMG
Cc: Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony Entertainment
Cc: Gunter Thielen, CEO of Bertelsmann AG

Dear Mr. Lack,

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has viewed with growing concern the revelations regarding the XCP Content Protection Software and the SunnComm MediaMax software that your company has chosen to include on at least two dozen of your music CD releases. We are also concerned by your company’s limited response to the concerns of your customers and the computer security community.

[Continue reading An Open Letter to Sony-BMG]

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