Sony BMG Settles States’ Suit Over DRM-Crippled CDs For $1.5 Million

By David Kaplan

Dec. 21, 2006 - 5:30 AM EST Dec. 21, 2006 - 5:30 AM EST

Summary:

Score one for the anti-DRM forces …. music label Sony BMG has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle lawsuits by California and Texas over c…

Score one for the anti-DRM forces …. music label Sony BMG has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle lawsuits by California and Texas over charges of spyware being implanted on CDs. Following the large outcry over making CDs embedded with anti-piracy software