Sony rootkit summary

BBC News has an excellent summary of the history and implications of the Sony rootkit. Sony went one step too far in trying to copy-protect their music CDs, and installed potentially harmful software which is hard to remove on half a million user's computers.

The interesting thing is that this has lead to a recall of the CDs and two major lawsuits against Sony. Which means that record companies, and hopefully software companies as well, will be more careful about what kind of software they use to protect copyright. And the courts will help to find some guidelines for that.