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A scandal erupted in 2005 regarding Sony BMG's implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software that provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. One of the programs would install and "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits, even if the user refused its end-user license agreement (EULA), while the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all. Both programs contained code from several pieces of copylefted free software in an apparent infringement of copyright, and configured the operat

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rdfs:label	소니 BMG 루트킷 사건 (ko) ソニーBMG製CD XCP問題 (ja) Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal (en)
rdfs:comment	ソニーBMG製CD XCP問題（ソニービーエムジーせいコンパクトディスクエックスシーピーもんだい）とは、アメリカ合衆国のソニーBMGミュージックエンターテインメント（現:ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント (米国)）の音楽CDに採用された米製ソフトウェアに、マルウェアであるrootkitが含まれていた問題。ユーザーのPCのセキュリティを脆弱にするソフトウェアが、ユーザの同意を得ずに隠密にインストールされることなどが問題視された。 (ja) 소니 BMG 루트킷 사건은 복사 방지 기술이 채용된 소니 BMG(현재의 소니 뮤직 엔터테인먼트)의 CD를 통해 사용자의 컴퓨터에 루트킷이 설치되었던 문제를 가리킨다. 사용자의 컴퓨터 보안을 취약하게 만드는 소프트웨어가 사용자의 동의 없이 설치된 점이 문제가 되었다. (ko) A scandal erupted in 2005 regarding Sony BMG's implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software that provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. One of the programs would install and "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits, even if the user refused its end-user license agreement (EULA), while the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all. Both programs contained code from several pieces of copylefted free software in an apparent infringement of copyright, and configured the operat (en)
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