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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 2003-09-05
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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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