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Sloth: Added the Sony BMG rootkit scandal.

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = SONY
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1946
| Industry = Conglomerate
| Official Website = https://sony.com/
| Logo = Sony.svg
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'''[[wikipedia:Sony|Sony Group Corporation]]''' is a Japanese Zaibatsu (or mega corporation) headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.<ref>"[https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/Data/Map/ Access & Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416150015/https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/Data/Map/|date=2021-04-16}}." Sony Global. Retrieved 2 April 2021. "1–7–1 Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan" – [https://web.archive.org/web/20120227050438/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/Data/Map/map_head_office.pdf Map] – [https://www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/SMOJ-info/Profile.html Address in Japanese] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926182046/https://www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/SMOJ-info/Profile.html|date=2023-09-26}}: "〒108-0075 東京都港区港南1–7–1"</ref> The Sony Group owns Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Sony Entertainment (including Sony Pictures and Sony Music Group), Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Financial Group, among others.

Sony was established in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. The young company distinguished itself in the consumer electronics market with transistor radios, home video tape recorders, portable audio players called the Walkman, and compact disk players. In 1988, Sony acquired CBS Records. Later, in 1989 it acquired Columbia Pictures. The company also introduced the home video game console [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] in 1994.

==='''Different products with systemic problems'''===

#[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]
#[[Sony x900h television]]

==Controversies==

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!Controversy
!Year
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
!Related Video(s)
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|Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit
|2005
|Sony BMG distributed about 20 million disks preloaded with copy protection software that tracks the users listening habits (even if the user did not agree to the EULA), hides itself, and introduces exploitable bugs, as such it has been classified as a rootkit.
Furthermore, they released an uninstaller tool later that merely unhides the their original rootkit and installs more unremovable software, all while extracting more personal information (Email addresses) from users.
|Class action lawsuits in 2005-2006 forced Sony to recall about 10% of affected CDs. Sony stopped their copy protection attempts in 2007.
|https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Sony%27s_DRM_protected_CDs_install_Windows_rootkits
[https://fsfe.org/activities/drm/sony-rootkit-fiasco.en.html#restrictions-pictures https://fsfe.org/activities/drm/sony-rootkit-fiasco.en.html]
https://web.archive.org/web/20081224153240/http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html
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|PlayStation Store Shutdown
|2021
|Sony intended to shut down the PlayStation Store on its PS3, PS Vita, and PSP consoles, despite many of the content offerings not being available on newer consoles.
|Sony walked back the decision for the PS3 and PS Vita, citing the negative response from customers.<ref>https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/19/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations/</ref>
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|Removal of Discovery titles
|2023
|Sony intended to remove customers' access to "purchased" Discovery Channel content at the end of their licensing agreements.
|Sony reversed the decision, allowing customers to continue accessing the content. <ref>https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/</ref>
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|<ref group="Video References">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpzyz5kf_A</ref> <ref group="Video References">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krXH8jXefqE</ref>
|-
|Helldivers 2 PSN Account Requirement
|2024
|Sony added a PSN account requirement for Helldivers 2 after the game had become popular, including in countries where you can't create a PSN account.
|The requirement was removed <ref>https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/4196868529806518741</ref> , however the game was removed from sale in countries without PSN. <ref>https://www.gamesradar.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-gets-delisted-in-more-countries-without-psn-access-blindsided-devs-call-for-it-to-be-available-worldwide/</ref>
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|<ref group="Video References">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2VA0eum6w4</ref>
|}

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