Payback time for Sony BMG
p2p news / p2pnet: Music fans who bought Sony BMG music CDs polluted with secret digital restrictions management (DRM) software can now claim clean CDs and extra downloads as part of a class action lawsuit settlement, says the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
The EFF and co-counsel Green Welling LLP, Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Ruchman and Robbins, and the Law Offices of Lawrence E. Feldman and Associates, together with a coalition of other plaintiffs’ class action counsel, reached the settlement after negotiations with Sony BMG in December of 2005, it says.
"Anyone who purchased Sony BMG CDs that included First4Internet XCP and SunnComm MediaMax software can receive the same music without DRM," says the foundation. "Some will also get downloads of other Sony BMG music from several different services, including iTunes."
Music fans have through the end of the year to participate in the settlement and should receive their compensation within six to eight weeks, says the EFF.
Go here to submit a claim. .
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