Record house Sony BMG has been caught red-handed with pirated copies of Windows administration tools installed on their servers.

The US Department of Justice is investigating the price of digital music downloads. Sony BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner Music Group are all in the firing line.

According to the Wall Street Journal, online retailing giant Amazon has plans to take on iTunes with their own digital music store. Can anyone break Apple's grip on the market?

Damage limitation squads have been deployed at Sony BMG, issuing an apology for the recent rootkit disaster. Production will cease, and customers can swap XCP discs for non-spyware versions. Power To The People!

Sony-BMG could be in some legal strife over the Van Zant copy-protection / malware issue. But so might any user who attempts to remove it. We look at the legal merit to both sides of the story.

Following an enormous backlash in the media and by the music-listening public, Sony-BMG performed an embarrassing U-turn and have released a patch to remove the aggressive DRM from the latest Van Zant CD.

Sony OK's a potentially groundbreaking deal that will allow Playlouder customer to legally share their Sony licensed music files with other customers.