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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.

2 of 266 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Inside Sony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    you and sony still suck.

  2. Upon getting caught with their pants down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...a representative from the French division of Sony was quoted: "I surrender!"