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Sony To Pay You $150 For CD Rootkit Scandal 
Gizmodo | Tue, Jan 30
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Remember that Sony Rootkit DRM Scandal a little while back? The one that boned your computer with a rootkit when you put in a CD with Sony's DRM on it? Well, Sony's just agreed to pay out $150 to customers to "repair damage done" when they tried to remove the rootkit.
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