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Spotted on: Ars Technica
The major labels are very outspoken about the evils of piracy, and aggressively pursue those who chose to download music and not pay for it. That being the case, there is great ironyin the fact that up to 47% of Sony-BMG’s software is pirated.
Recently, a tech support call for a program called Ideal Migration (a Windows server management tool) was made by a Sony BMG employee, and the product code given was pirated.
The ensuing drama included a seizure of some of Sony-BMG’s assets. Paul Henry, The CEO of the maker of the software, was quoted as saying “I think piracy is linked to the policy of a company. If the employee has the necessary funding to buy the software he needs, he will. If this is not the case, he will find alternative ways, as the work must be done in one way or another.”
Bottom Line: A company that is using pirated software should not be surprised when their products are pirated.
everyone steals 1’s and 0’s (except us FSF guys).
why do more people go down for stealing music than software?
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cause you can get good software free. good music, not so much..
so if they stop you from stealing windows, you switch to linux.
but if they stop you from stealing the beatles… well there is no equivilent.
I will tell you a gossip one told me one time. One day I was talking to a friend about piracy and how fast some stuff got pirated so fast and in so pristine condition. Sometimes it includes covers and all the stuff identical to the original.
After saying that, the guy told me: do you really think that all piracy comes from underground guys ripping CD’s and DVD’s and scanning covers?
I replied: what do you mean?
The guy completed: man, piracy is done in most part by the same guys who sell the original material, by the simple reason they can sell the stuff without paying taxes and royalties…
That made me think….
I think that’s a bit of a tall tale….