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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. My question is... by duffbeer703 · · Score: 1, Troll

    As a loyal Slashbot and staunch advocate of open-everything and coolness in general, how am I supposed to think.

    On the one hand, there was a positive article about the DirecTV anti-piracy stuff a few months ago on slashdot.

    On the other hand, isn't it evil and wrong to restrict TV from anyone? Shouldn't TV be free for all??

    What is the Slashbot groupthink on this issue?

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    Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
  2. Only ID10Ts will get busted ... by Stavr0 · · Score: 2, Troll
    Let me get this straight... M0r0n goes and visit this underground shop that sells pirated DirecTV cards and give them his real name and address?

    Sorry, but he deserves to get busted.