Sony are kind of confusing. I'm not quite sure how evil they are. The whole 'root kit' thing was pretty bad - they sold CDs that automatically installed software onto your computer, without asking, that then stopped you doing things with the CD, and opened up new security holes that other people could take advantage of. They've been pretty unpleasantly litigious in various ways too. Recently, they started selling at least one track as an unprotected MP3, though, which is good. It was Jessica Simpson, though, which is bad.