Sony BMG, the company that claims that buying CDs and transferring them to an iPod is stealing, was busted in France for using pirated software on their servers. Yes, it's the same company that created rootkits to be installed on computers as part of an anti-piracy system to it's CDs. The best part was how they got caught: An IT manager called into tech support and gave a pirated serial number.

The software involved was related to server administration tools from the software company PointDev. PointDev's CEO's statement (translated) may summarize Sony BMG in a nutshell: "I think piracy is linked to the policy of a company." How ironic.

As I've stated before, Sony BMG should focus on shifting it's business model into the 21st century rather than on questionable enforcement techniques and quasi-legal arguments. Maybe then they can afford to buy their own software.

 

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