Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV

Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-09-03

Lawyers for three men whose online equipment purchases made them targets of DirecTV's anti-piracy campaign are hoping to turn the tables on the satellite company by suing under the mob-busting Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) federal organized crime statute.

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-04
Anonymous

I hope those guys end up owning DirecTV when the suit is finished, I can't believe a major company would attempt such a frivalous suit....

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-05
sb (1 replies)

These kinds of suits are completely necessary and should recieve far more press coverage. Consumers are being targeted for buying perfectly legal devices and being accused of using them for illegal purposes without a shred of proof. DirecTV is following a trend that many corporations in the USA ar...

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Re: Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2007-12-21
Anonymous

Directv is now trying to bill me for five months of service they never rendered. I did not even live on the property they "provided" service to, nor was there even a dish installed, I refused to pay yet they persisted in ruining my credit rating. I wish them ill...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-05
Anonymous (2 replies)

Something that generally isn't mentioned is that these people bought equipment from companies that are selling it for the explicit purpose of stealing directv. Read here:

http://www.alwaysgottv.com/

http://www.northdss.tv/needs.htm

For those too lazy to read:

"Stop Paying DirecTV $50 mo...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-06
Anonymous

Just because the item is sold for illegal purposes does not mean it's gonna be used for illegal purposes if there is a legit reason for using such a product.

What you fail to realize, this coming from a guy who plays with smartcards for a legit purpose, is that the standard ISO (smartcard) progra...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-08
Anonymous

Perhaps you should not be so lazy and read those websites : 100% bahamian company

the company resides in the bahamas not the US....

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-06
Anonymous (3 replies)

The way a product is marketed should not be proof of intent. A product is a product. ...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-08
Anonymous

Directv sent me a letter , and call them back I talk to them. And they demand me to pay 3500.00 or face a lawsuit. Well I try to tell them that I had no use of trying to program nothing because I have no directv system. then they told me why did I not send the product back to get my money back. I sa...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-08
Anonymous

"they could have bought the equipment from a reputable dealer that sells it for purposes other than stealing directv."

There is a price difference... Why pay more when you can buy this equipment cheap and then flash the atmel with your own LEGAL smartcard programming software. Free enterprise...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-08
Anonymous

A corporation is technically a singular individual under law. Therefore, corporations are bound by law just as individuals are. Politically, corporations are given carte blanche by legislative bodies in large part because corporations fund political campaigns. In the process, individuals, especia...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-06
Anonymous

And most of those "Reputable" dealers usually sell the same type of items for way more than the satellite guys would (most of the time)....

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-06
Anonymous

I agree. If a merchant advertised a CD-ROM drive, using "Burn your own music with. Stop paying for it." I would not be influenced to purchase it based on this statement. I know what a CD-ROM can and cannot do, therefore I would purchase it based on my needs. The same thing goes for any smartcard pro...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2003-09-08
Anonymous

What if a product never arrived. Names might still be in the database..so u get sued/get letter anyways. What if a so called programmer never worked, faulty equipment? And Is this all that is needed to "steal" or do u need something else to work with it? like software? If so when exactly was the sof...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2005-10-16
Anonymous

Sounds like Sosa needs to go to jail. Trying to say that you bought a satellite decoder to program a medical computer is not credible. Wonder if he has any evidence of a marketed or usable computer?...

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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV 2008-06-28
Anonymous

I have never dealt with a company as unethical and unscrupulous as DirecTV. Everyone of these thieves need to be jailed.

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