Sony BMG settles with 39 states

December 21, 2006

Sony headquarters in Tokyo. Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay 750,000 dollars and finance computer fixes to settle a lawsuit charging it hid invasive anti-piracy software on CDs, California officials said.(AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)AP - Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $4.25 million as part of a settlement with 39 states to resolve investigations into problems caused by music CDs loaded with hidden anti-piracy software.

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