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Sony BMG Sued For Using Pirated Software

Posted by kdawson on from the turnabout-is-sweet dept.

An anonymous reader sends us to ZeroPaid, which seems to be the only site in English to have picked up a story out of France involving Sony and piracy. Except this time the shoe is on the other foot. The small software company PointDev learned that Sony BMG was using a pirated license for one of its system administration tools. PointDev got bailiffs to raid a Sony property and they found pirated software on four servers. The source article (link is to a Google translation of French original) quotes PointDev's spokesman claiming that the BSA believes 47% of software used in corporations to be illegal — whether he is referring to Sony in particular is not clear in the translation.

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  1. Makes You Wonder by Skeetskeetskeet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did the servers have rootkits on them as well?

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    1. Re:Makes You Wonder by niceone · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did the servers have rootkits on them as well?

      Yes, so now they can deny they installed anything and just blame, um, Sony.

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  2. Lost in translation... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mandated by PointDev, a bailiff carried out a seizure Epileptics beware: pirated software will give you seizures.
  3. Only 'haha'? by Quantam · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd classify this under evidence there is a God

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    1. Re:Only 'haha'? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd classify this under evidence there is a God

      But only if you believe that Sony BMG was intelligently designed.

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  4. yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsistent by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree, slashdot often publishes comments that are inconsistent with each other (sometimes even completely contradictory!)

    It almost seems as if they were written by different people.

  5. Not to be judgemental, but... by AnotherUsername · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just another pie in the sky left wing hippie running their mouth off between bongs? Something tells me that you are not voting for a Democrat in this year's election...
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  6. Re:Let me be the first to say by mshomphe · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called "irony". It comes in two flavors: delicious & bitter. This is delicious. Enjoy responsibly.

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  7. Re:Inside Sony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three months after I left this company, the BSA came in, did a "software audit", and indeed busted their nuts over 100 unlicensed copies of WinZip (along with other licensing violations).


    So what did you spend your reward money on?
  8. Re:yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsiste by Jesus_666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, you are wrong. All our comments always agree and we never contradict each other. What you wrote is simply not true.

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