EFF, Texas Attorney General Sue Sony Greg Abbott, the attorney general for Texas, today filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment, alleging that its controversial (and now recalled) "XCP" anti-piracy software violates the state's anti-spyware and consumer protection laws.
"Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers," Abbott is quoted as saying in a press release on his official Web site. "Consumers who purchased a Sony CD thought they were buying music. Instead, they received spyware that can damage a computer, subject it to viruses and expose the consumer to possible identity crime." Abbott's suit seeks civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys’ fees and investigative costs.
Talk about hitting where it hurts:
I spoke with Abbott shortly after their press conference on this and he said that if industry estimates about the percentage of people who buy music CDs listen to them on their PCs (30 percent) are accurate, then there could be "thousands if not tens of thousands" of affected Texas consumers."
I think it's pretty amazing. Texas is often called a backwards state (and rightly) yet here we are defending consumer rights on an issue that is at the forefront of technology today. What a weird world, huh?
1 comment:
Sweet...so sweet. At our government officials get something right from to time. And nobody has it coming more then Sony right now.
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