Michael Jackson Death Hoax Investigators
Latest News => Michael Jackson News => Topic started by: hesouttamylife on March 05, 2012, 03:12:05 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/2-uk-accused-stealing-jackson-music-sony-184338142.html (http://news.yahoo.com/2-uk-accused-stealing-jackson-music-sony-184338142.html)
2 UK accused of stealing Jackson music from Sony
By JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press – 11 mins ago
LONDON (AP) — Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music's computers and stealing music, the company and British police said Monday. A person familiar with the situation said the hackers had obtained unreleased Michael Jackson tracks.
Sony Music Entertainment spokeswoman Liz Young said the company noticed a breach of its systems in May, "and immediately took steps to secure the site and notify authorities. As a result, the two suspects were arrested."
She said no customer data were compromised in the attack on the company's internal music-sharing system.
Sony would not confirm how much music was stolen or what artists were involved. But a person familiar with the situation, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said Monday that the suspects were Jackson fans and had taken his music, including unreleased material.
The year after the King of Pop's 2009 death, Sony signed a 7-year deal with his estate, worth up to $250 million, to sell his unreleased recordings.
Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency said two suspects were arrested in May and charged in September with computer misuse and copyright offenses.
James Marks, 26, and James McCormick, 25, appeared at Leicester Crown Court in central England on Friday and pleaded not guilty. They were freed on bail and are due to stand trial in January.
The case is not believed to be linked to Anonymous or Lulz Security — loose-knit hackers' collectives, broadly sympathetic to the WikiLeaks' secret-spilling site — who have targeted government and corporate websites around the world.
Last year, hackers targeted Sony Playstation and Sony Online Entertainment networks, compromising personal information, email addresses and the security of millions of users accounts. At the time, Lulz Security claimed responsibility for the hack.
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Associated Press Writer Cassandra Vinograd contributed to this report.
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Here's another article - this one from The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/9123498/Hackers-steal-Michael-Jackson-back-catalogue-from-Sony-Music.html
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lolol/ They mentioned this story on the radio this morning and the d-jays jokingy said Michael got his own music back cuz he ain’t dead. They said that Sony’s 7 years have been up & Michael was tired of waiting so he got his homies to do the damage. It was priceless.
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Forgot to add that it is being reported that ony had no backup for the music because they were so sure it was safe. If that is true, what rock are they living under? In this age backup is not only an option, it’s imperative.
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lolol/ They mentioned this story on the radio this morning and the d-jays jokingy said Michael got his own music back cuz he ain’t dead. They said that Sony’s 7 years have been up & Michael was tired of waiting so he got his homies to do the damage. It was priceless.
Which country are you in ? just wondering which radio station :)
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USA - Kiss 104.1 FM