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 are doing: extort money from people who can't afford to defend themselves. Since the DMCA this situation has gotten far worse, and until these morons sue someone who has enough cash to take them on we will continue to suffer because the United States gives corporations far more rights than consumers. And the Bush administration has done nothing but cater to these blackmailing corporate bandits. Not to mention the fact they let Microsoft off the hook and now they are dominating even more markets than before. I'm really starting to wonder how much our Senators are selling our freedom for and how many technological-impaired judges are giving it away.

-sb

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