April 01, 2008

Hahs and Arghs!

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Sony/BMG, the company responsible for Ricky Martin, is being sued for installing pirated software on their corporate servers!

It is alleged that 47% of all the company's software was illegally obtained!

Perhaps you'll remember:

In October 2007, it was announced that Sony BMG successfully sued Jammie Thomas. The single mother, who makes $36,000 a year, was ordered to pay $222,220 in damages for making 24 songs available for download on the Kazaa file-sharing network.

The corporate behemoth's arsenal of talent also includes Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Usher and, well...just about everybody else.

Let's do the math: 24 (probably shitty) songs = $222,220. What does 47% of the software for a $2.3 billion company amount to in this day and age?

You're right: 100% more lousy music!


Posted April 1, 2008 07:43 AM
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