Opinion: Rootkits Be Gone

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The Federal Trade Commission wrote the final chapter in the Sony BMG rootkit saga today, announcing that the record company had agreed to a set of rules for copy-protected music CDs. With any luck, the FTC will also have closed the book on the music industry’s efforts to fight piracy by treating CD buyers as if they were all lawbreakers in waiting. Read more on this topic at the Bit Player blog.