Sony to settle anti-piracy CD row

[Geoffcin]

Free music downloads and cash refunds could soon be offered to owners of Sony BMG CDs loaded with controversial anti-piracy software.

Full Story;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4568670.stm

[Smokey]

"Owners of a CD with the XCP program are being offered a replacement disc free of anti-piracy software, $7.50 in cash and a free download of a Sony BMG album from an online music service."

That sound like a slapp on the wrist considering how many laws (spyware and anti-deceptive practices) Sony have broken.