The Sony DRM Saga continues

The saga of Sony's ill-fated experiment in DRM on audio discs continues, appearing to have no end in sight. The multimedia giant has decided to recall and offer exchanges of the affected discs.

Sony BMG deeply regrets any inconvenience to our customers and remains committed to providing an enjoyable and safe music experience

Sony released software to remove the offending programs, originally written by First4Internet, but in doing so, has apparently opened even larger security holes on users' systems. The current estimate for installed instances of this software is running at more than half a million networks.

The Department of Homeland Security weighed in on the issue, with this notable quote:

It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to adopt in these days.

Additionally, software giant Microsoft has decided that the DRM ware be removed with it's anti-spyware tool.