Federal judge Naomi Reice Buchwald has given final approval to a settlement of a class action lawsuit brought against Sony BMG regarding the XCP and MediaMax copy protection technologies the company shipped on several million music CDs. Under the terms of the settlement, customers who purchased a CD with the XCP copy protection software can receive a replacement disk without the copy-protection software embedded in it; they are also eligible for $7.50 cash and one free album download, or three free album downloads. Customers with CD’s containing the MediaMax copy protection technology are eligible for free downloads only.
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