Sony BMG Sued For Using Pirated Software 266
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.
Makes You Wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Let me be the first to say (Score:3, Funny)
Lost in translation... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let me be the first to say (Score:4, Funny)
Only 'haha'? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Only 'haha'? (Score:5, Funny)
But only if you believe that Sony BMG was intelligently designed.
Re:Why it does not happen more often? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Inside Sony (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lost in translation... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Makes You Wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, so now they can deny they installed anything and just blame, um, Sony.
yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsistent (Score:5, Funny)
It almost seems as if they were written by different people.
Re:What will they charge per pirated copy? (Score:3, Funny)
Next time I'll open with a <sarcasm> tag. Yes, those arguments are similar to what Sony BMG used against citizens via their RIAA subsidiary. Buy a new computer? Must've been hiding evidence! Hard drive seizes and needs to be replaced? Must've been hiding evidence! Don't own a computer? Must've been hiding evidence! Have files in inadvertently shared folders? Obviously must have distributed them at least 100 times.
I claim full right to be endlessly amused at the ironic comeuppance speeding their way, and to invent my own sarcastic reasons to enjoy it even more.
Re:Inside Sony (Score:2, Funny)
Not to be judgemental, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What will they charge per pirated copy? (Score:3, Funny)
Did you sell your account or something? Again, I repeat: I exert my right to enjoy this and make wild-ass exaggerations in the vein they've been making via their proxy, the RIAA. For their sake, I hope the plaintiff's lawyers aren't the pathological liars that Sony BMG's own have been shown to be.
Obviously... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Let me be the first to say (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Inside Sony (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Makes You Wonder (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Inside Sony (Score:5, Funny)
So what did you spend your reward money on?
Re:yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsiste (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not to be judgemental, but... (Score:3, Funny)
Wait, we get pie AND bongs?