TIL that Sony BMG used music cds to illegally install rootkits on users computers to prevent them from ripping copyrighted music; the rootkits themselves, in a copyright violation, included open-source software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal



Submitted February 11, 2015 at 05:42PM by huoomeiap http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vj1pa/til_that_sony_bmg_used_music_cds_to_illegally/