Sony BMG's Copy Protection Software

Two Princeton University professors discovered yet another copy protection software called MediaMax, hiding in millions of Sony BMG's CDs. This second software didn't try to conceal itself in the same nefarious way that XCP did but it still engaged in spyware-style behavior. While a copy protection software is running on the computer, the user cannot copy the songs from the CD to his or her machine. Another troubling behavior displayed by MediaMax was not only unethical, but also very much illegal.