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The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sony Blunders With DRM Again The electronics giant's zeal to protect copyright punishes customers. If Sony doesn't start rethinking its attitude toward DRM and its effect on consumers, it seems likely the company is going to suffer more negative perceptions. And for Sony investors, that's a real risk to contemplate.   |
Home Theater
July 19, 2007 |
Sony BMG Bites DRM Developer Sony BMG is suing one of two developers of digital rights management schemes that spooked consumers, compromised the security of their PCs, and forced the music label to pay settlements in numerous lawsuits. |
BusinessWeek
December 19, 2005
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Just Let Us Play The Movie The entertainment industry has a great opportunity for new markets, and the PC and consumer-electronics industries have an opening for new products. But realizing this potential will require all of them to show some respect for their customers. |
PC Magazine
December 21, 2005
Larry Seltzer |
Heard Any Good Malware Lately? Digital rights shouldn't violate civil rights as Sony's DRM rootkit seems to do. |
Home Theater
November 15, 2005
Mark Fleischmann |
Deep Rifts Exposed in Sony BMG Faux Pas Sony BMG's boneheaded misuse of hacker technology has potentially compromised the security of millions of PCs, inspired a bunch of computer viruses, provoked class-action lawsuits, caused a firestorm of protest in online forums, and even attracted veiled criticism from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2007
Roy Mark |
Sony BMG Settles FTC DRM Charges Sony BMG Music agreed Tuesday it violated federal law by not telling consumers CDs sold by the company contained digital rights management software that monitored user listening habits to send them marketing messages. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Sony Recalls Rootkit-Plagued CDs Sony BMG is recalling the copyright-protected music CDs that have been causing no end of grief to the company. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
Libraries Aren't Boring to Sony Sony's purchase of MGM positions it for the future of home entertainment delivery, with the ability to generate some pretty healthy cash flow to boot. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Stephen Cass |
Antipiracy Software Opens Door to Electronic Intruders When security researchers in the U.S. and Finland discovered the music CD/rootkit problem, Sony BMG's reaction was so bad that it will probably be seen in future years as a textbook example of a botched corporate response. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
What Were You Thinking, Sony? Increasingly, music companies like Sony BMG are treating their customers like criminals who borrow, rather than purchase, their products. Sony's recent move goes way beyond that idea -- providing an intrusive technology that, in effect, hijacked its customers' computers. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Sony Sued Over DRM Rootkit Sony BMG's copy-protection software draws lawsuits from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the state of Texas. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Sony Planning Video Walkman? Analysts wonder if Sony can recover from being 'asleep at the wheel' for digital media? Maybe its new digital player will help. |
PC World
December 30, 2005
Robert McMillan |
Copy Controls: How Far Will They Go? Sony's invasive antipiracy efforts point to a coming battle for control of your PC. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Sony Pays Up Last year's rootkit controversy is coming back to haunt Sony. For investors, Sony remains a tricky gamble until it can keep itself out of the negative limelight and put forth a more customer-oriented approach. There's no such thing as too big to do the right thing. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
On Hold In yet another setback for Sony's ballyhooed Blu-ray hi-def video technology, Sony and Pioneer have pushed back their delivery dates for the first dedicated players. |
InternetNews
November 7, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Sony Facing Not-so-Secretive Legal Action The Electronic Frontier Foundation is investigating whether to file a class-action lawsuit against Sony BMG for its anti-piracy activities on consumer computers. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Sony's Non-DRM Dud Sony has decided to begin selling DRM-free digital albums, but consumers will have to clear a few hurdles first. |
InternetNews
July 19, 2006
Clint Boulton |
CinemaNow: Download, Burn, Watch Online movie service provider CinemaNow became the first company to allow movies piped over the Internet to be securely burned onto a DVD. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Ronald Grover |
Why Sony Is Now A Bit Player At MGM Private equity backers have taken control of the studio Howard Stringer coveted. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
A Big Mistake at Sony BMG A small French company has alleged that Sony BMG pirated its software. |
PC World
September 2005
Laurianne McLaughlin |
Copyright Crackdown New XCP2 technology on music CDs limits the number of copies you can make -- and gets in the way of putting tunes on an IPod. |
InternetNews
January 20, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
DRM Becomes a Balancing Act Companies walk a tightrope when it comes to protecting copyrighted work with Digital Rights Management, according to a new report. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Imagine Sony On Steroids Howard Stringer, Sony's vice-chairman, is shopping for movies and music. But will content sell gizmos? |
Home Theater
June 26, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
A House Full of Sony New home buyers with $20,000 to $40,000 to spare for home entertainment can turn to Sony's expandable, installation-ready NHS-3020 home theater system. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Boom or Bust For Sony? Sony Electronics has developed an unfortunate reputation for developing amazing technologies and then dropping the ball when it came time to actually sell it. Now it seems like Sony could drop the ball on several big initiatives. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Battle For DVD Format Unfolds Film studio Paramount Home Entertainment said it would embrace the Blu-ray format backed by a group led by Sony. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
DRM May Die? Yahoo! Will online music's digital rights management go the way of the dodo? |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
2006 in Review: Sony There will be many interesting moving parts to watch at Sony as 2007 unfolds. Sony shareholders are certainly hoping for a better year than 2006. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
HD DVD Coming - Just Not Yet Toshiba has delayed the release of its HD DVD player until HD DVD titles are released by Warner Home Video. |
Home Theater
February 28, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
Blu-ray Coming Your Way Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE), MGM Home Entertainment, and Lionsgate announced they're targeting May 23rd of this year to deliver the first batch of Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles at retail. |
InternetNews
November 2, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Digging Out Sony's DRM Rootkit Using a technique popularized by malware writers, Sony runs software behind the scenes of its copy-protected CDs. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Videogame Consoles Get Ambitious As hardware gets more powerful, videogame console developers try to take the devices beyond just basic gaming. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Will Sony Stand Up Gamers? Rumors fly that Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 may take even longer to arrive. Shares have declined nearly 5% over last week on the speculation. Do investors have good reason to be wary? |
Home Theater
May 23, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
They Aren't Blu-ray, But They Are Portable Sony offers two new portable DVD models, D-VE7000S and DVP-FX810, that are designed to fit into any hectic lifestyle. |
Wired
February 2003
Frank Rose |
The Civil War Inside Sony Sony Music wants to entertain you. Sony Electronics wants to equip you. The problem is that when it comes to digital media, their interests are diametrically opposed. |
PC Magazine
June 2, 2004
Mark Hachman |
Paper Discs Sony and Toppan Printing have developed an optical, 25GB Blu-Ray disc, 51 percent of which is made from paper. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2011
Kurt Bakke |
Sony's Apology Is Not Enough Free stuff doesn't make up for the damage done. |
Home Theater
January 15, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Here Come First 3D BDs Sony and Disney will have 3D-compatible movies on Blu-ray out by year end. |
PC Magazine
October 21, 2003
Jamie M. Bsales |
Mediacentric Sony PC Sony won't be jumping on the bandwagon to adopt Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Sony vs. Sony As the recording and electronics industries face off over digital music, one company has had the uniquely uncomfortable position of standing on both sides of the issue: Sony. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Cuts HD Player Prices in Blu-ray Fight Toshiba is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's Blu-ray format high definition DVDs. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Sony, Interrupted The Sony PS3 has been delayed -- surprise, surprise. It's a downer that has hurt both retailers and software publishers such as Electronic Arts and Activision. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2004
Ron Miller |
The 'Cell' That Gave Rise to Convergence Sony's plans for future playstations shift into gear with IBM and the duo's next version of the Cell chip. |
PC Magazine
November 11, 2003
Bill Howard |
The New Look of Entertainment PCs Media PCs are designed to let you enjoy photos, music, TV, and movies with ease. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Not-So-Sunny Sony? Sony's second quarter isn't so sunny? Shocking. Many investors look for companies that are down on their luck, but be careful here. It's too soon to call good times ahead -- it's still got a lot of work to do. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2009 |
Sony Chases Amazon, Debuts Two New E-Readers Sony today unveiled two new e-readers and is cutting prices of its e-books in a bid to maintain a competitive edge in the burgeoning digital book market. |
Home Theater
August 11, 2008 |
Sony BMG Is Just Sony Now Sony is buying Bertelsmann's 50 percent stake in the company, giving it total control of what will now become known as Sony Music Entertainment. |
PC Magazine
August 16, 2006
Robert Lemos |
DRM: The Untold Story For some, DRM stands for Down-Right Maddening. Here's why you should think twice about downloading DRM-protected files. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Will Apple Be the Death of Sony? Sony seems to be in Apple's line of fire no matter where it aims. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
More Sucking Sounds at Sony The state of Texas cries foul over Sony's spyware practices, again. But it seems that many investors still retain a lot of belief in Sony, given that its stock price continues to go up. |
