Saturday, November 19, 2005

Did Sony 'rootkit' pluck from open source? | Tech News on ZDNet

Did Sony 'rootkit' pluck from open source? | Tech News on ZDNet: "The XCP program will installs itself on Windows-operated personal computers when consumers play one of 49 CDs from Sony BMG. The program forces consumers to use a music player that comes with the program.

This music player contains components from an open-source project, an MP3 player called LAME, it has emerged.

'Multiple software components on the CD have references to the LAME open-source MP3 code,' "

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