DirecTV dragnet snares innocent techies

DirecTV dragnet snares innocent techies
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-07-17

In recent months the satellite TV giant has filed nearly 9,000 federal lawsuits against people who've purchased signal piracy devices. But some of those devices have legitimate uses, and innocent computer geeks are getting caught in the crackdown.

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Dave -- Cambridge Engineer

Yet another case of the DMCA gone wild. Sure, it you can PROVE someone is stealing from you, sue them. I have a major problem with their approach in that simply owning such a device is considered evil (since there's no proof of "misuse"). One step away from forbidden knowledge. It's easier to than securing the technology.

Anyhooo, should be interesting. DirectTV took a step or two down in my opinion.

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