Afgelopen weken is Sony meer geassraped dan Juice in het laatste seizoen van Sons of Anarchy. Een aantal van een grote aankomende films zijn verschenen in het warez circuit, zijn hun servers gehackt en het PSN geDDost. Bovendien is dit bedrijf voorloper bij het ondersteunen van wetten als PIPA en andere onzin die privacy schend van de gewone internetter en gebruiker. Maar met de inmiddels beruchte film The Interview heeft Sony voor Yoon Mi-rea's track Pay Day (de ironie) geen toestemming gevraagd of compensatie gegeven en krijg nu volgens de website Torrentfreak een rechtszaak aan hun arie. Aangezien de film al $15 miljoen dollar heeft opgebracht gaat deze dame goed incashen.

But while Sony deals with rampant piracy issues at one end, it's now facing copyright infringement allegations of its own. According to new claims, Sony used copyrighted music in The Interview without permission and without compensating an artist.

Yoon Mi-rae (real name Natasha Shanta Reid) is a US-born hip hop and R&B singer who currently releases music on the Feel Ghood Music label. In January 2013 as part of MFBTY (My Fans Better Than Yours), the 33-year-old hit the number 1 spot in the Korean Music Charts and in September reached the same heights on Billboard's Kpop Hot 100 list with her song 'Touch Love'.

But while these recognitions were achieved by fans buying her music, she's now in the spotlight for not getting paid for her work. It appears that Yoon Mi-rae was in negotiations with Sony to have her track 'Pay Day' appear in The Interview. Even though no agreement was reached, Sony used the music anyway.

"There were initial discussions for using 'Pay Day' in the movie, but at some point, the discussions ceased and we assumed that it would not follow through," Feel Ghood Music says.

"However, after the movie was released, we learned that the track had been used without permission, legal procedure, or contracts."

Sony, who are already facing a world of pain following the hacking and near destruction of their IT systems in recent weeks, will now face a copyright infringement lawsuit over the unauthorized use of the ironically named 'Pay Day'.