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I thought that because DC has contracts with at least 2 large companies in the Dallas area (Dallas Morning News; WFAA(CH 8)), would make DC give up the fight. The reverse-engineering is making the devices more used (I only got one once the linux drivers was avaliable). Their main (only?) source for income is being able to sell the bar-code lookups for either TV or publications. AFAIK, you can still do these lookups even with the "stolen IP" drivers.

Belo Corporation is one of the investors in CueCat. They own a number of TV stations such as WFAA channel 8 here in Dallas where I see CueCat promotions all the time now. They also own the Dallas Morning News. Their web sites, which run on NT, have many web bugs, which made it necessary for me to block the domain names they use to deliver those bugged images (which also took out most of the ads). The evil is not so much in DC as it is in companies like Belo that want to get that private and personal information about your, your family, your web travels, and your spending habits. They will do what it takes to get such information, including investing in startups like DC and CueCat.

The newly restored pegasus is up and running again in Dallas as of midnight(fyi - it is a rotating pegasus, so you may have to refresh to get a good view). All looks good, most everyone is happy...

As for me, my computers are working, so no complaints here.

Happy New Year, y'all...