Sony's woes won't go away

Sony's ongoing PR nightmare over the copy-protection software included on some of its CDs just got a lot worse.

BusinessWeek Online is reporting that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is looking into the rootkit situation. The AG has sent investigators into stores to see if the record label is still issuing discs with the controversial software. His office has urged consumers not to buy the discs, and if they do, not to play them on their computers, the site said.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has already filed a lawsuit against the company, but drawing the attention of Spitzer can't be good for Sony. Spitzer, who is running for governor of New York, has made his name taking on high-profile cases in the business world, and is no stranger to high tech.

Blog community response:

"Sony is now probably really, really sorry for the rootkit fiasco and probably really, really regrets its initial posture of indifference toward the world's outrage over the company's spyware-infected CDs. But, too late! Eliot Spritzer (sic) is now on the case."
--IP&Democracy

"Texas's Attorney General led the way by suing Sony BMG pretty quickly -- but Spitzer's reputation for coming down hard on companies that he believes have done something wrong can't be pleasant news for the record label that kept trying to tell everyone there was no problem at all."
--Techdirt