total; the court upholding the award called it an "aggravated case of willful infringement". Children's online privacy violations In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission sued Sony BMG for collecting and displaying personal data of 30,000 minors without parental consent via its websites since 2004, violating the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Sony did not restrict minor children's participation in its websites. Sony paid a $1 million fine. See also Sony Music Entertainment Bertelsmann Music Group Big Four Sony Music Entertainment Japan, which was not part of Sony BMG, distributed Japanese Music in the US through Columbia or Epic, since around March 2007 when previous distributor, Tofu Records, was closed down List of record labels List of Sony BMG Entertainment artists List of Sony Music Entertainment labels List of Sony Music Entertainment artists Columbia House References Leonard, Devin (November 28, 2005). "Music Lessons." Fortune, pp. 31–32. External links Sony Commercial Music Group (CMG) – Official Site Sony Music Entertainment, Incorporated – Company Profile on Yahoo! Music Press Coverage of Sony BMG Merger Completion Business press coverage of merger completion Groklaw Page on Sony BMG DRM Issues and Litigation Sony BMG Litigation and Rootkit Info Sony BMG Sued for Software Piracy – Assets Seized 2004 establishments in New York City 2008 disestablishments in New York (state) American record labels Former Bertelsmann subsidiaries Defunct companies based in New York City Defunct record labels of the United States Record label distributors Record labels disestablished in 2008 Record labels established in 2004 Recording Industry Association of America Multi-channel networks Sony Music