Sony BMG Sued For Piracy
April 04, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson
They've gone after plenty of other, but now the giant is being sued for using pirated software.
Turnabout, they say, is fair play, and what a turnabout this is. Sony BMG has always been ready and eager to go after people for music piracy. It went so far as to install anti-copying software on CDs that put users at risk of hacking, a move that ended with it having to pay compensation.
But now the company has gone even further, as it’s now been accused of using pirated software by a French company, PointDev.
The problem first came to light when a Sony BMG employee called PointDev asking for tech support regarding an application called Ideal Migration. PointDev claim that the keycode the employee used was pirated, meaning that the software has been used illegally since it was installed in 2004.
Now PointDev is suing Sony BMG. Paul-Henry Agustoni, chief executive at PointDev, told French website 01net,
"We are not interested in an amicable settlement. It is not just a question of money but more importantly the principle. We are forced to watch every week to see if key software pirates are on the internet. We are a small company of six employees. Instead of trying to protect ourselves, we could spend this time to develop ourselves."
Doubtless thousands of music downloaders will be cheering at the news.
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