Sony BMG France Sued For Software Piracy

The French outpost of Sony BMG is being sued by PointDev for violating its intellectual property rights. According to reports, four servers belonging to Sony BMG France contained pirated versions of PointDev’s Ideal Migration software, after they were seized by authorities. Now here’s the kicker: PointDev discovered that Sony BMG had the offending software on their boxes when a IT staffer called the concern for technical...

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IFPI Invoices The Pirate Bay for $2.5 Million In Compensatory Damages

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has sent The Pirate Bay a bill for $2.5 million in damages from 24 music CDs, nine movies and four video games. The compensation was determined by counting the how many times the aforementioned content was downloaded. They are also demanding general statutory compensation because those downloads were allegedly unauthorized. However, The Pirate Bay insists that 1) they...

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