Sony BMG has after settling with both Texas and California also reached an agreement with 39 other states about settlements for the people who were struck by the rootkit that was sent along with some of the discs Sony BMG had released. The rootkit made it possible to gain an easy entry to the people’s computers and could be used to cheat in games, for example World of Warcraft has been documented. Sony will pay $175 to those who can show a documented damage and $25 to those who just claims to have suffered the rootkit. This is above the $750,000 per state (Texas and California) it will also pay in fines.
