Wow, KWTX is reporting that the State of Texas is suing Sony

Texas is suing Sony BMG Music Entertainment, alleging the company illegally installed spyware on millions of music CDs that Attorney General Greg Abbott says can make computers “vulnerable to computer viruses and other forms of attack.”

Abbott said the spyware installs files onto the computers on which the CDs are played.

While their intentions might have been good, Sony is never going to get past this one!

Click Here To Read The Lawsuit

Meanwhile…

RIAA President Cary Sherman weighs in:

“The problem with the SonyBMG situation is that the technology they used contained a security vulnerability of which they were unaware. They have apologized for their mistake, ceased manufacture of CDs with that technology,and pulled CDs with that technology from store shelves. Seems very responsible to me. How many times that software applications created the same problem? Lots. I wonder whether they’ve taken as aggressive steps as SonyBMG has when those vulnerabilities were discovered, or did they just post a patch on the Internet?”

Source: CP NewsLink Transcript: Cary Sherman of the RIAA

(hat tip: RealTechNews.com)