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DirecTV hacker sentenced to seven years
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-12-10

A Canadian man was sentenced to seven years in a U.S. prison this week after admitting he led a sophisticated satellite TV piracy ring that produced and sold thousands of hacked smart cards in the U.S. and Canada.

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DirecTV hacker sentenced to seven years 2004-12-16
Anonymous
The loss estimates are quite rediculous. Anyone that uses a pirate card is unwilling to pay anyway. Maybe they are out a few pay per views a year, but these people dont want to pay

Receiving the signal costs DirectTV NOTHING.

They bloat the figures to raise the bar on punishment.

Doing so...

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