Sony's CD protection on hold
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Sony reported to stop use of CD protection
It may be too little too late, but Sony says it's halting manufacture of CDs with copy protection 
hidden by a rootkit, the Associated Press reports:
Sony defended its right to prevent customers from illegally copying music but said it will halt manufacturing CDs with the "XCP" technology as a precautionary measure. "We also intend to re-examine all aspects of our content protection initiative to be sure that it continues to meet our goals of security and ease of consumer use," the company said in a statement.
The software renders invisible files with names that include a certain combination of letters, which security experts warned could be used by the author of a virus or Trojan to infect Windows-based PCs.
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