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DirecTV to Pursue Pirates

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-very-surprising dept.

Trinity-Infinity writes "This story from CNNfn details DirecTV's & Hughes Electronics' plans to eliminate the piracy of their signals through a direct-mail campaign. Their source for creating their list of who to mail letters to? Searching bootlegging operations the feds have already busted. It is interesting that as many as 1 million people may be pirating, in comparison to DirecTV's 10 million paying customers." Ya know, I really want to pirate DirecTV, but not to get all the channels... just to get a damn FOX affiliate over my dish so I could use my DirecTivo for The Family Guy and That 70s Show. Is that to much to ask? I already pay for HBO and Sci-Fi channel. Anyway, there's definitely going to be a lot more cracking down on pirated dish stuff: they are getting crazy with the protective measures.

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  1. jerks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    last time they shut people down during WWF pay-per-view match. what could be worse than that? haven't they done enough?

    1. Re:jerks by sqlrob · · Score: 3, Funny

      Waiting till the end of the match?

  2. Re:Just the channels I want by Tackhead · · Score: 3, Funny
    > Man, I wish I got the goatse.cx channel!
    > All prolapsed rectums - ALL THE TIME!

    Who are you, and how did you get your hads on the FOX new season lineup? I'll have you know, trading in SirCam-leaked information can still get you sued ;-)

  3. names and addresses by canning · · Score: 3, Funny
    As many as 100,000 names and addresses were collected from searches of alleged bootleg equipment operations

    O.K. we have search and arrest warrents for a Mr. S. Clause, I.P. Freely, Phil McKraken, and George Washington. We're still waiting on the ones for Clark Kent and M. Monroe. Let's roll.

    Ha ha, what chumps. Why don't they just go door to door and ask people if they're stealing Direct TV's signal?

    Agent: "Sorry to bother you sir but I'm Agent Thompson from the FBI, are you stealing a Direct T.V. signal?"
    Man at Door: "No."
    Agent: "Fair enough, thanks for your time."

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    I love the smell of Karma in the morning
  4. Pirates should be treated this way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    So this old haggard man of the sea walks into a bar, sits down, and orders a drink. Now, this wouldn't be worth note normally, but he has a steering wheel hanging out of his fly. Not wanting to be rude to a new customer, the bartender says nothing of it and gives him his drinks.

    This man starts to become a good customer, so finally, the bartender asks him, "I've really aprecaited your business this past week, but what's with the wheel hanging out of your fly?"

    So the man says, "Aye there matey, It's driving me nuts!"