why sony is vile:there are more reasons than just these, but i'll give you a short list for starters.
1. unnecessary proprietary formats,
2. supporting the criminilisation of filesharing and the prosecution of filesharers,
3. the absurd (some would say schizophrenic), contradictory posistions and behaviour exhibited by various sony divisions, all because they're so damned scared that people might acquire a file they haven't paid for (see this wired article - www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/sony.html -and be amused),
4. sony (and other labels) deliberately establish subsidiary labels to circumvent established north american law and labour agreements, resulting in the ability to pay artists from marginalised groups far less than they would if the artists were signed to the parent label. sweatshops that produce recordings, not shoes, are still sweatshops, and
5. sony uses more tradionally defined sweatshop labour around the world. they've been indicted here and there, and indonesia recently forced them to rehire over a thousand employees at one plant who *gasp* dared to strike over intolerable working conditions and low (and non-payment of) wages.
i hope that helps to clarify things. that they're 'trying to make money' isn't the problem i have with sony or any other company. that the corporate overlords are immoral scumbags, however, is in needed of being pointed out.
(1. unnecessary proprietary formats,
2. supporting the criminilisation of filesharing and the prosecution of filesharers,
3. the absurd (some would say schizophrenic), contradictory posistions and behaviour exhibited by various sony divisions, all because they're so damned scared that people might acquire a file they haven't paid for (see this wired article - www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/sony.html -and be amused),
4. sony (and other labels) deliberately establish subsidiary labels to circumvent established north american law and labour agreements, resulting in the ability to pay artists from marginalised groups far less than they would if the artists were signed to the parent label. sweatshops that produce recordings, not shoes, are still sweatshops, and
5. sony uses more tradionally defined sweatshop labour around the world. they've been indicted here and there, and indonesia recently forced them to rehire over a thousand employees at one plant who *gasp* dared to strike over intolerable working conditions and low (and non-payment of) wages.
i hope that helps to clarify things. that they're 'trying to make money' isn't the problem i have with sony or any other company. that the corporate overlords are immoral scumbags, however, is in needed of being pointed out.
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