EMI are distancing themselves from that dodgy anti-piracy software we reported on last week. The protection software, called 'rootkit', was created by First4Internet and used by SonyBMG until IT types pointed out last week that it made a user's computer more susceptible to virus attack. Experts also said that the protection software was more or less impossible to uninstall.
Presumably concerned that by saying nothing people would assume they too used the dodgy software, EMI have gone on record as saying they do not use First4Internet technology, adding that "there is no 'rootkit' behavior [with our protection software], and there are no processes left running in the background".
SonyBMG have, of course, stopped using the software and have issued a patch which removes it from user's PCs. However the bad PR relating to the anti-piracy initiative might not go away straight away - Cnet reports that a San Francisco law firm is representing a music fan (or possibly fans) who is considering suing SonyBMG over the dodgy install. More on that when we get it.