A small software company has accused major label Sony/BMG of software piracy, in a reversal of the normal orientation of piracy cases between major labels and the rest of the world.
PointDev, which makes Windows administration software, claims that a raid on Sony/BMG servers revealed that as much as 47 percent of the software used by the company can be considered to have been pirated under French law, according to Zeropaid's Google translation of the initial report:
We are not interested in an amicable settlement. It is not just a question of money but more importantly in principle. The rate of software piracy in the company is very high. According to the Business Software Alliance, a association of the major publishers in the market, 47 percent of programs used in the company would be [unlawful] in France...
Link: Full Article @ Wired
PointDev, which makes Windows administration software, claims that a raid on Sony/BMG servers revealed that as much as 47 percent of the software used by the company can be considered to have been pirated under French law, according to Zeropaid's Google translation of the initial report:
We are not interested in an amicable settlement. It is not just a question of money but more importantly in principle. The rate of software piracy in the company is very high. According to the Business Software Alliance, a association of the major publishers in the market, 47 percent of programs used in the company would be [unlawful] in France...
Link: Full Article @ Wired
they have now lost all credibility
thats what i was thinking
Learn some English.
Learn some English.
I'm guessing he meant sony got owned, as in humilated and is now the `jokes on you` company for a while
Learn some English.
Haha. Wow. That's all I have to say.
Learn some English.
You can't be serious. :|
Take some of your own medicine, and learn some English, k?
Learn some English.
haha omg. you learn english
Not Pwnd. Pirated.
Nice cover-up attempt.
If people didn't get a joke, it usually is the problem of the joke teller.
Not in this case... I'm quite shocked at how many people's heads that one flew over!
I loved it
other then that how can it " Be considerd " it either is or isnt
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Your torrents, Our High-speed internet
haha, losers
The annoying thing is that MPAA/RIAA have legal products they buy from the money they make out of sueing people, when mediadefender got hacked, it pretty much made sure that all licenses they had for some pie chart software got blacklisted lol, if I'm honest I torrented one of the keys, they can come after me if they prove they have copyright over a string XD
1) They used a Google translator for the story's hot point. Get a warm body that knows the language before you publish.
2) A quick search reveals a single program supposedly pirated by Sony. If 47% of the software they are using is pirated, where is BSA's long list of the other pirated software that Sony is using?
3) Four servers were taken out of rotation and seized, due exclusively to having Ideal Migration installed. All other machines, which should have the other "supposed" 40% of pirated software, are apparently still in use by Sony employees.
4) French companies, as a whole, has a 47% piracy rate. This is about average, and has been a well-known statistic for years. Here is the direct quote from zeropaid (from which Wired's article references):
Yes, the Google translation claims he's talking about Sony, while the person typing on the keyboard claims he's talking about the entire country. Do you really believe Sony pirates half of the software they use on a day-to-day basis?
Surprisingly, The Inquirer is less sensationalistic and more realistic in their reporting of the situation.
1) They used a Google translator for the story's hot point. Get a warm body that knows the language before you publish.
2) A quick search reveals a single program supposedly pirated by Sony. If 47% of the software they are using is pirated, where is BSA's long list of the other pirated software that Sony is using?
3) Four servers were taken out of rotation and seized, due exclusively to having Ideal Migration installed. All other machines, which should have the other "supposed" 40% of pirated software, are apparently still in use by Sony employees.
4) French companies, as a whole, has a 47% piracy rate. This is about average, and has been a well-known statistic for years. Here is the direct quote from zeropaid (from which Wired's article references):
Yes, the Google translation claims he's talking about Sony, while the person typing on the keyboard claims he's talking about the entire country. Do you really believe Sony pirates half of the software they use on a day-to-day basis?
Surprisingly, The Inquirer is less sensationalistic and more realistic in their reporting of the situation.
well done!
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