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Vivendi Universal vs. News Corporation

Posted by michael on from the et-tu-brute dept.

timbo_red writes: "According to a BBC story, NDS, a company 80% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is being sued by Canal+ for allegedly cracking their smart cards, which could have had a serious effect on ITV digital, the major UK competitor to Murdochs Sky digital in the UK pay TV market."

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  1. Your father was a hamster and your mother... by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A French subsidiary of a French multinational is suing a British subsidiary of an (Australian?) (British?) multinational in a U.S. court, over a conspiracy centered in London?

    Is this some sort of Pythonic joke?

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    1. Re:Your father was a hamster and your mother... by Sloppy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pythonic joke? Heck, that's sick and twisted enough to be a perl joke!

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  2. Re:Decoder card not necessary for Canal+ by gclef · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're a bit drunk and squint at *anything*, you can see porn. That's the wonder of being drunk.

  3. News Corp. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But dad, that's FOX!
    Ahh, UNDO, UNDO!!!!