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Company: SONY BMG Music Entertainment
Current Parent Company: Sony
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Penalty: $750,000
Year: 2006
Date: December 19, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: In a settlement with the California Attorney General and the Los Angeles County District Attorney, SONY BMG agreed to pay $750,000 in civil penalties, costs and fees as well as customer refunds to resolve litigation over the company's placement of secret software on millions of CDs.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: consumer electronics
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