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Sony Music sets sights on mobile market
News Record label Sony Music Entertainment said on Wednesday that it purchased a small New York wireless entertainment company as part of a broader move to expand its products for mobile phones. This is an interesting way for us to bring some of the...
[November 21, 2002, 9:37]
Sony to distribute games, movies, music over Net
News Sony Computer Entertainment seems to be getting into the direct sales market with a new Web site and subsidiary for selling game consoles and software via the Net. But observers expect that the site will be used to directly distribute music, movies...
[January 19, 2000, 14:58]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback I quote the article: "But if give people what they are asking for in terms of value, they won't go out and steal it. It's called trusting the consumer. HA! Trusting the consumer! Hypocrite. Audiophiles are the real sufferers off of this, MP3...
[February 3, 2004, 23:38]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback But no longer, people can now choose to listen to any music they want to. "We believe we can deliver more value by delivering more immediate content, an interactive experience, a better experience. More content and value isn't what people want...
[November 10, 2003, 20:55]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback Only plays on Sony walkman hardware? Extra features? Links to concert tickets? Sounds like annoying ad-ware. Will the links & tickets still work in two years time? Will they work in every country? What next, mandatory ads between the tracks?
[November 10, 2003, 22:08]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback I have a tool that will beat all CD audio protection devices - it's called a 'microphone'. Attempts to reduce functionality on audio CD's will just make commercial piracy more tempting, and reduce legitimate sales further.
[November 11, 2003, 11:33]
Microsoft and Sony do online music deal
News Sony Music is now starting the business of digital distribution," said Fred Ehrlich, a senior vice president of Sony Music. While most major labels are testing digital-downloading plans, Sony Music is the first to announce plans to begin...
[May 12, 1999, 16:38]
Sony to promote music on old enemy
News Sony Music Entertainment, one of the companies that sued Scour Exchange to the brink of extinction, will now use the service to promote some of its artists. CenterSpan Communications, which bought Scour's assets in bankruptcy court last year, said...
[May 15, 2002, 11:10]
Sony settles class action lawsuit over DRM
News Sony BMG has struck a deal with the plaintiffs involved in a class action lawsuit over copy-restriction software it used in music CDs, according to a settlement document filed at a New York court on Wednesday.
[December 29, 2005, 13:55]
Sony outlines rootkit CD recall plan
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment released details on Friday of a virtually unprecedented CD recall program that will allow music buyers to exchange recently purchased CDs with copy-restriction for new discs and MP3s.
[November 21, 2005, 11:00]
A Year Ago: Microsoft and Sony do online music deal
News Sony's Sony Music, using technology developed by Microsoft, plans to begin selling new hit "virtual singles" over the Internet at the same time the songs are available in record stores. Sony Music is now starting the business of digital...
[May 12, 2000, 7:01]
Sony plans patch after DRM rootkit row
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment and a technology partner are working with antivirus companies on a fix for a potential security problem in some copy-restricted CDs. Earlier in the week, security experts said that anticopying technology used by Sony...
[November 3, 2005, 10:10]
Court orders Sony to pay rootkit victims
News A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a settlement in a class action suit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment over copy protection software on music CDs that hacked customers' operating systems.
[May 23, 2006, 9:55]
Sony suspends production of DRM 'rootkit' CDs
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Friday that it will suspend production of CDs with copy-restriction technology that has been exploited by virus writers to try to hide their malicious code on PCs.
[November 12, 2005, 11:45]
Siggraph audience takes Sony to task on DRM
Talkback If Sony believes there should be interoperability, when is Sony's music business launching its service to exchange FairPlay protected tracks for PlaysForSure protected tracks? Sony is only pointing a finger at Apple because they have no business in...
[August 2, 2006, 12:35]
Sony unveils iPod-like player
News Sony Electronics will begin selling two hard-drive music players this fall which, combined with its new music download service, will create an iPod-like parallel universe. Both players will be available in autumn for use with the Sony Connect music...
[July 1, 2004, 8:45]
Napster bans Manic Street Preacher fans
News Sony Music UK, the record label behind the Welsh indie band, contacted the US service warning it that these users were breaching its copyright and threatening legal action. Napster users accused of copying and swapping Manic Street Preacher songs...
[February 8, 2001, 15:42]
Microsoft to delete Sony DRM 'rootkit'
News Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some Sony music CDs are played. The software maker has determined that the "rootkit" piece of the XCP software on some Sony BMG...
[November 13, 2005, 10:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Sony has finally noticed that nobody likes their digital music model. Yet Sony insists that you convert all your music from MP3 or whatever to ATRAC, and helpfully bundles a truly horrible DRM-laden file manager to help you waste tons of time and...
[September 24, 2004, 18:15]
Sony's rootkit woes aren't over
News Sony BMG, which Sony operates jointly with Bertelsmann Music Group, agreed earlier this week to pay $1.5m in fines and pay customers in California and Texas whose computers suffered damage as a result of Sony's surreptitiously installed digital...
[December 21, 2006, 8:20]
