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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. Re:Copyvio happen all the time... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They're hypocrites, pure and simple. And nobody respects a hypocrite.

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  2. Re:Makes You Wonder by Deadfyre_Deadsoul · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Pay no attention to the man behind the server....his warez are not good warez.

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    ~DF
  3. Discovered because someone called tech support by Animats · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For those who didn't read the article, the software publisher discovered about the piracy at Sony because a Sony employee called tech support for the product.

    A surprisingly large amount of corporate software piracy is discovered via tech support requests.

  4. Re:Makes You Wonder by NaishWS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have to concur.