ok here is the link to the full story:

http://www.renegaderhythms.com/home.html?main=http://www.renegaderhythms.com/articles/ur/sony_correspondence.html#121099

i have no doubt that this will continue in the future and regardless of who they do this to they will always try to force themselves onto any thing they think will make money

BOYCOTT THE BIG BUSINESS
ALL MUSICIANS NEED TO GO INDEPENDENT
NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL NEVER DIE NOR WILL IT BOW DOWN TO CORPORATE PRESSURE
FILE SHARERS ARE NOT THIEVES

MIDDLE FINGER UP TO THEM ALL

Since the contract states the limit as seven [studio] albums, logically an eigth [studio] album is unauthorized.

“Just wanted to point out about rootkits for those interested – this is a misnomer made to sound evil.”

No, rootkit literally means a kit that has root privileges.

“There is no such thing as a ‘rootkit’ on a windows box.”

Sony BMG’s rootkit affected windows systems.

“The term can only be applied to operating systems where certain users are denied access to the root, like Linux.”

Rootkits need to be executed with root privileges in the first place.

“What the software did was put its executable in the C: directory which hasn’t been kosher since win DOS 5 but it’s hardly a ‘rootkit’.”

Not according to Mark Russinovich, the software engineer who discovered that rootkit: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx

Sony and Universal always have lawsuits against each other, all of them do. It’s part of the cost of doing business. This is normal.

Just wanted to point out about rootkits for those interested – this is a misnomer made to sound evil. There is no such thing as a ‘rootkit’ on a windows box. The term can only be applied to operating systems where certain users are denied access to the root, like Linux. What the software did was put its executable in the C: directory which hasn’t been kosher since win DOS 5 but it’s hardly a ‘rootkit’.

Sony, as a corporation of many people, should be aware about these things.

Let’s say 12 songs were released. Remember that no matter how many copies were made, you’re still only being charged for one song. By the Tenenbaum precedent, this would result in a measly $270,000 fine for Sony, and even with Jammie Thomas, it would only be $960,000. With the maximum fine of $150,000, it would still only be $1.2 million.