Sony Corporation Sues Indonesian Blogger

VIVAnews - Giant Japan-based electronic company Sony sues an Indonesian blogger named Sony Arianto Kurniawan and demands that the man surrenders his blog domain to the corporation.

"My domain, sony-ak.com, is sued by Sony Corporation Japan, through its legal representative in Indonesia," said Sony through pasardomain.com.

In fact, Sony started publish his blog page as of 2003.

Sony, who is now an IT Specialist at PT Earthstone Resources, in his blog uses to share knowledge on web programming, SQL database, Javascript and internet management.

"I registered the blog by using my own name and it has been up and running for spreading the knowledge in IT issues," said Sony.

In the 'About' section attached on his webpage, Sony clearly mentions that his blog is not affiliated with the Japanese corporation. "Sony AK Knowledge Center is not related to or affiliated in anyway with Sony Corporation Japan," the blog emphasizes.

Up until today, a confirmation from Sony Indonesia has yet to be circulated on the issue.However, public support for Sony has been anywhere on online forums, Facebook and Twitter.

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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana W