Neowin News Feed for: Innocent

Sony pleads innocent in latest rootkit fiasco

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:09:54 +0000

Sony says the rootkit-like behavior of a device driver used to run its biometric Micro Vault USM-F thumb drive was unintentional. McAfee has joined F-Secure in criticising Sony for allowing such a mistake to happen.... Read more...

RIAA faces possible class action over suing the innocent

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:57:53 +0000

After the RIAA finished sending out a new batch of 503 "pre-litigation letters" to 58 different universities around the USA, offering to let students settle copyright infringement claims "at a discounted rate" before those claims... Read more...

Innocent file-sharers could appear guilty

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 02:47:56 +0000

A research paper highlighting security weaknesses in a popular internet file-sharing network has raised concerns that innocent users could in theory be wrongly accused of sharing copyrighted music. The Recording Industry Association of... Read more...