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04-01-2008, 04:00 PM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/gadgets/" rel="tag">Misc. Gadgets</a></p><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.01net.com/editorial/374727/la-major-sony-bmg-poursuivie-pour-contrefacon-de-logiciel/&langpair=fr|en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadgethd.com/media/2008/04/4-1-08-sonbmg.jpg" /></a>Ouch, that payback, it can be a bitch -- Sony BMG, distributors of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=sony+rootkit">rootkit-installing CDs</a> and litigious foe of P2P users worldwide, has just been busted in France for using pirated software on its servers. And it gets even worse: Windows admin tool developer PointDev says a Sony BMG was caught when an IT staffer actually called up for support and gave a pirated license number to the phone tech. That's some pretty shady behavior for a company that's rammed anti-piracy measures down its own customers' throats -- too bad it's probably not going to feel the hit of the €300,000 ($475,000) lawsuit nearly as hard as the college students it routinely sues for $5,000.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9362/Sony%20BMG%20Sued%20for%20Software%20Piracy%20-%20Assets%20Seized">ZeroPaid</a>, thanks to everyone who sent this in]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.01net.com/editorial/374727/la-major-sony-bmg-poursuivie-pour-contrefacon-de-logiciel/&langpair=fr|en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/sony-bmg-busted-for-software-piracy-in-france/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1154968/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/sony-bmg-busted-for-software-piracy-in-france/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />
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