Sony BMG Sued For Using Pirated Software

Sony BMG Sued For Using Pirated Software 266

Posted by kdawson on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:51PM 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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Makes You Wonder (Score:5, Funny)

by Skeetskeetskeet ( 906997 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:52PM (#22914266)

Did the servers have rootkits on them as well?

Let me be the first to say (Score:3, Funny)

by vivaoporto ( 1064484 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:55PM (#22914292)

Ha ha! [seomoz.org]

Lost in translation... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:55PM (#22914298)

Mandated by PointDev, a bailiff carried out a seizure
Epileptics beware: pirated software will give you seizures.

Re:Let me be the first to say (Score:4, Funny)

by Ron Harwood ( 136613 ) writes: <harwoodr@nOspaM.linux.ca> on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:57PM (#22914314) Homepage Journal

It's better when you can hear it. ;) [mobango.com]

Only 'haha'? (Score:5, Funny)

by Quantam ( 870027 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:05PM (#22914392) Homepage

I'd classify this under evidence there is a God

Re:Only 'haha'? (Score:5, Funny)

by ScrewMaster ( 602015 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:09PM (#22914444)

I'd classify this under evidence there is a God

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

Re:Why it does not happen more often? (Score:4, Funny)

by $RANDOMLUSER ( 804576 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:19PM (#22914542)

People don't want to bite the hand that feeds IT?

Oh, I'm pretty sure they do. [theregister.co.uk]

Re:Inside Sony (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:32PM (#22914672)

Ah, good. Maybe you can tell me if I have the latest rootkit installed.

Re:Lost in translation... (Score:4, Funny)

by Your.Master ( 1088569 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:39PM (#22914730)

So do hackers: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy [wired.com]

Re:Makes You Wonder (Score:5, Funny)

by niceone ( 992278 ) * writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @05:18PM (#22915072) Journal

Did the servers have rootkits on them as well?

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

yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsistent (Score:5, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) * writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @06:27PM (#22915606)

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.

Re:What will they charge per pirated copy? (Score:3, Funny)

by Just Some Guy ( 3352 ) writes: <kirk+slashdot@strauser.com> on Sunday March 30, 2008 @06:31PM (#22915616) Homepage Journal

Internal corporate fileservers are not explicitly designed to do any such thing.

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)

by YaroMan86 ( 1180585 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @06:47PM (#22915744) Journal

Only on /. can a troll be modded insightful if it insults an enemy to FOSS like Sony.

Not to be judgemental, but... (Score:5, Funny)

by AnotherUsername ( 966110 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @07:11PM (#22915926)

...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...

Re:What will they charge per pirated copy? (Score:3, Funny)

by Just Some Guy ( 3352 ) writes: <kirk+slashdot@strauser.com> on Sunday March 30, 2008 @07:23PM (#22915980) Homepage Journal

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)

by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @07:38PM (#22916092) Homepage Journal

PointDev should have put an "anti-piracy" rootkit into their software.

Re:Let me be the first to say (Score:5, Funny)

by mshomphe ( 106567 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @07:41PM (#22916116) Homepage Journal

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

Re:Inside Sony (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @08:39PM (#22916510)

Mod Parent up, Insightful

Re:Makes You Wonder (Score:2, Funny)

by opieum ( 979858 ) writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @09:52PM (#22916926)

Oh yea this will be the dialogue in the court. Judge: You have pirated software. You must pay the fine. SONY/BMG: But we have no money to pay with. Pirates have taken all the money from our once lucrative CD sales... Plantiff: I object...the defense has lucrative electronics sales Judge: Objection noted. Sony/BMG: Please we beg the courts mercy, I mean we really are broke we came with grubby cloths any everything just to make our case. Judge:....uh sure whatever....pay the fine. 1million Euros for every machine with unlicensed software on it.

Re:Inside Sony (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 30, 2008 @10:01PM (#22916994)

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?

Re:yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsiste (Score:5, Funny)

by Jesus_666 ( 702802 ) writes: on Monday March 31, 2008 @06:59AM (#22919488)

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

Re:Not to be judgemental, but... (Score:3, Funny)

by AioKits ( 1235070 ) writes: on Monday March 31, 2008 @09:45AM (#22920480)

...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...

Wait, we get pie AND bongs? ... Where do I sign up!?

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Makes You Wonder (Score:5, Funny)

Let me be the first to say (Score:3, Funny)

Lost in translation... (Score:5, Funny)

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Only 'haha'? (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Why it does not happen more often? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Inside Sony (Score:2, Funny)

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yes, slashdot comments are sometimes inconsistent (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Inside Sony (Score:2, Funny)

Not to be judgemental, but... (Score:5, Funny)

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Obviously... (Score:4, Funny)

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