Sony is just blaming the idiot who was too stupid to hide security code better. Sony probably knew what the security software was doing when they hired them.

I think thats why they are suing them for negligence of not hiding the code better. lol I think they promised sony no one will ever know! lol

http://www.amergencegroup.com/ is the site for more info on "SunnComm" I thought at first this was the same SunnComm as the cell phone server in Eastern US lol... I was wrong; as can be seen from their website..

I have to say the flash animation is impressive. I hope they win over Sony. I never did/do like Sony. I mean it isn't Amergencegroup's fault Sony used their software illegally.

I'm telling you what, I certainly hope that Sony loses this lawsuit. This really could go either way. It's really a tossup because to prove duty, breach, causation, and damages will be tough. Since they are suing in tort it could destroy SunnComm. If in contract it would only be restoration to previous state before contract but since it is tort you can throw in punitive damages. Sony is, in my belief, the real culprit here. They have been doing these types of things forever and are a large greedy corporation. They got burned for trying to screw consumers and had to pay for it.

Whats worse is that people will forget about it and move on and some other company will likely get the blame for what Sony tried to pull over on consumers. They both should have been sued for intentional torts (i.e. trespass to chattels) for screwing up people's computers.

They aren't stupid, and I hope as one of the largest and most technologically advanced corps around that they knew what the technology was doing. Who for a minute would buy the line that they didn't know what the software was doing. PLEASE!!!!!!!! That is such crap! They knew just what was going on. Hopefully the judge won't be ignorant and rule in Sony's favor but knowing our justice system (whatever that means) Sony will buy a win on this one.

A 12 million dollar suit is a joke - a mere pittance, unless as the previous poster stated/speculated Sony wants them to get nailed with punitive damages.